Yeah I did a bad block scan before I installed debian and it said there were no troubles. Maybe I should do this again within the redhat installer. -----Original Message----- From: Gareth Williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, 6 October 2002 11:02 p.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: INSTALLING redhat 8.0
Would I be wrong in thinking there's an option to do a bad block scan before you format? (or do I have my wires crossed?). And if so, are you using it? Just a thought. Cheers, Gareth. On Sunday 06 October 2002 22:49, Ronald Highet wrote: > Yeah that was my inital conclusion. However it is only a 4 gig drive for > redhat with an 8 gig windows drive. I just left it for about 2-3 hours and > it made no progress. It seems to fly up to the first 10% or so then just > stop and I cant hear the cd spinning or hardrive clunking *technical terms > of course!* > > Cheers > Ron > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Fisher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, 6 October 2002 10:28 p.m. > To: CLUG > Subject: Re: INSTALLING redhat 8.0 > > > The format can take a while, especially if you have a low spec machine > or a large hard drive. I had no problems once I sorted out my Ram. > > Robert > > On Sun, 2002-10-06 at 22:22, Ronald Highet wrote: > > Just a question on the installation of redhat 8.0. > > I have been running debian linux on my main machines for a while now and > > all has been good. Yesterday I tried to install the new redhat 8.0 on my > > desktop for a quick look at how it runs. The installation was all it was > > hyped to be. Easy fast and far better that windows. I have two harddrives > > in the computer one with windows on it and the other one that had debian > > linux and will contain redhat. However when I got to the final part of > > the installation it simply says Formating / filesystem and seizes. > > > > I have tried about 5 different variations of the install using both ext2 > > and ext3 filesystems. > > > > Just wondering if anyone else has had the same kind of problems or even > > knows how to fix it. > > > > Cheers > > Ron > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
