On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 06:02, Irfan Khan wrote: > I am facing problems in installing Mandrake 9.0 (I > don't have 9.1) on a PCChips M787CL+ mainboard > [http://www.pcchips.com.tw/M787cl+v30.html ] with 256 > MB RAM, and 40 GB IDE harddisk. The following error > appears: > error in exec of stage2 :-( > trying to execute '/usr/bin/runinstall2' from the > installation volume, the following fatal error > occurred > FATA ERROR IN STAGE1: Not a directory > The CDs and the ISO images are fine (MD5 checked). > Moreover Knoppix 3.1 boots without any problem, hence > no problem with the hardware as such. > A Google search revealed that a similar problem was > reported for VIA Epia 700 C3 mainboard at > http://archives.mandrakelinux.com/cooker/2002-09/msg05544.php > I tried to follow some of the tips, but without any > success :( > Has anyone on this forum tried installing Mandrake 9.0 > on M787CL+ mainboard? Is there any method through > which 9.0 may be installed? > > Irfan
Irfan, are you passing any parameters to the kernel when you're doing the installation? What is your partition table setup - that's going to help alot - and if you can tell us what size partitions you're using for the installation - that would help heaps as well, mate...Cheers! -- Thu Mar 27 09:15:00 EST 2003 09:15:00 up 5 days, 20:02, 3 users, load average: 1.19, 1.15, 1.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------ | __ __ | kuhn media australia | | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=================================| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn | | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ |"""""""""| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |'. `\ | | | icq: 5483808 | | ;"""/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.-------.| | mobile: 0410-728-389 | | ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | ------------------------------------------------------------------ linux user:267497 * MDK 9.1 * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting machine no:194239 * RH 7.3 * Sales - Service - Support - Tutor ------------------------------------------------------------------ ** This messages was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer ** > No manual is ever necessary. May I politely interject here: BULLSHIT. That's the biggest Apple lie of all! (Discussion in comp.os.linux.misc on the intuitiveness of interfaces.)
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