> Gregg Carrier wrote:
>
> Does anyone see this message? I am having a hell of a time posting to
> this list and would normally not run a test posting. Sorry if this is
> the one that actually makes it out there. Of course, if it is, here's
> my very annoying installation problem:
"I still have my mailer configured to send HTML even though
I'll probably be beaten for it when I send mail to people
who don't read HTML mail?"
:) Turn it off, please.
> Here is my basic situation. I have a Pentium 2 266. Fresh new 20G hard
> drive that I want to install Linux to. In order to ascertain that the
> drive works, I created two DOS partitions on it and then removed them.
> Disk seems to work just fine.
So far, so good.
> I went throught the basic installation for Mandrake. I set 3
> partitions. First swap of 120meg. / of 4gig. /home of 500meg. I
> accepted the default packages to install and selected to format all of
> my new Linux partitions. The next screen says the system is creating
> the filesystem on hdb5. A cursor sits there and flashes, but after
> some initial activity, there is no noise from the hard drive. This
> goes on as long as I allow it to, just sitting there. Eventually, I
> ctrl-alt-deleted out, as there was no response to other keyboard
> input.
When you think it's hung up, try Alt-F5 to switch to the screen that
keeps track of disk formatting. It's probably actually writing things
that don't need to by synchonized to the disk yet. Use Alt-F1 to switch
back to the normal installation screen. (Alt-F3 and Alt-F4 also contain
useful information to help in debugging the problem).
Also, you're going to want to create a small 10M partition at the
BEGINNING of that drive to hold the kernel. Mount that partition on
/boot.
> Does this sound familiar to anyone? What could possibly cause such a
> hang? I'm feeling pretty helpless, and the only thing the mandrake
> support guy said was "wait longer"...uh I've waited up to 30 minutes
> and nothing is happening in there... Hope the readers here know more
> than the support guys. Thanks in advance for any ideas.
Well, "wait longer" is a valid answer for a large partition. However,
if there's something wrong, the debugging information provided by the
alternate screens will make it pretty obvious (at least to us!). Post
information if you're still having problems.
Good luck!
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Steve Philp
Network Administrator
Advance Packaging Corporation
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