On Thursday 13 Mar 2003 12:20 pm, Leendert wrote: > Yes!! Solved it. Here is the solution: > 1: Boot from the Mandrake CD and get to DiskDrake > 2: Delete the partition you want linux to be installed, leave it FREE > 3: Let DiskDrake save the partitionmap, it will now come with 2 errors: No > swap and no linux partition, ignore them, and press the RESET button on > your computer (if you don't have one just plug out the power cable ;-). 4: > Boot from the CD again. Now you won't get that "not enough free space for > bootstrap error". Open diskdrake to make your partitions. You'll see it has > added the bootloader automaticly now! Now just make your partitions (1 > swap, 1 linux) and install. > 5: after restart press "l" to start linux, and you WON'T see this error > again: > > Please wait, loading kernel... > hd:13,/vmlinuz-2.4.17-17mdk: Unknown or corrupt filesystem > boot: > > If you see it, you've probably not correctly followed the steps above > and/or made a bootstrap yourself... > > -Leendert
Glad to hear you solved it, Leendert, and your info may help someone else with a similar problem. Just one thing - you might not want to re-install at this stage, but it's worth bearing in mind that if you have a separate /home partition you will not lose your data if you re-install or update your installation. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302
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