your partitionning seems a bit strange to me.
Try this:
make 4 partitions:
/ 1000M
/usr 100M
swap 1000M
/var 350
don't realy see why you have a /usr and an /usr/local partition
It could just be that setup is messed up by your partitioning, and that
the error message is less than 'explaining'
Patrick Putteman, System Engineer
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg Gray [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, May 31, 1999 8:28 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 upgrade woes, continued
>
> Continued from previous message...
> �
> Downloaded a new ISO image from another FTP site (different from
> first), burned another CD.� Booted from new CD, removed all
> partitions, created new partitions (200M swap, 800M /, 1000M /usr,
> 350M /var, 200M /usr/local - don't ask why I chose these, I'm posting
> to the newbie group for a reason :) ), formatted all new partitions,
> selected packages (all except for console and X games, IPX/Netware,
> and extra documentation), began install.
> �
> First try:� quit at about 85% finished package installation with
> "install exited abnormally - received signal 11 sending termination
> signals...etc., etc."
> �
> Second try:� re-booted, did not re-format - made it all the way
> through package install BUT, received a brief error just before menu
> appeared "sh: shared libraries...".� I can't get into the log to read
> the total message.� The menu that appeared gave me:� error occurred
> during step "Configure mouse".� Selecting retry does nothing.�
> Selecting menu|Configure mouse does nothing.� Selecting menu|Configure
> network allows me to complete the entries, but errors out with "cannot
> create network device file:� no such file or directory".� Selecting
> menu|services or timezone does nothing.� Selecting menu|Configure
> allows me to set up a printer (remote SMB/WinNT).� Configure X,
> Install bootloader, Configure Authentication does nothing. I cannot
> Exit install.� Adding unprivileged user yields "install exited
> abnormally - received signal 11 sending termination signals...etc.,
> etc."
> �
> I read the Sig11-FAQ, but when compared with what I see, I don't find
> an answer.� I neglected to say in my first post that when I began
> installing yesterday (has it only been two days??) I tried a number of
> times, and finally got an almost complete install - only X wouldn't
> work - and I foolishly decided to re-install again.� This box has been
> performing flawlessly for over two years now, with the last 6 months
> on Linux.
> �
> I apologize for the excessively long post, but felt that more
> information was better than less in my quest for a solution.
> �
> Thanks,
> �
> Greg
