Ok today I fdisked my linux drive and changed it back to a windows
filesystem. formatted it, booted up windows and did a thorough scandisk on
the drive. no errors were reported, does this mean the print pro seiko
package on disk 4 is corrupt or is scandisk wrong?
Thanks for the help,
Ryan Le Gros
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ryan Le Gros" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2001 3:30 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Installation
> When attempting to reinstall after receiving this email I suspected
possible
> harddrive sector corruption, so this time through I had the installer
check
> the partitions for bad blocks. This process seemed to take ages and ages
> (nearly 20-30 mins[is this normal on a p2 450?]) and then finally punched
> through to package selection where I again selected all packages hoping
that
> the possibly bad blocks on my drive were now marked and would be skipped.
> however once again I received the same errors at the same point in the
> installation. Tomorrow I am going to try installing without the seemingly
> faulty package and if it manages to go through ill know that I have a
faulty
> CD. if it fails once again but the next package up, I am fairly certain my
> harddrive is the problem and will get a replacement together. Is there any
> way to tell whether or not my drive is faulty?
>
> I'll keep you posted, thanks for the tips.
>
> Ryan Le Gros
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dan LaBine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 10:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Installation
>
>
> > Ryan; During selection of partitions, did you alter the size of your
swap
> > partition? This can have bad effects on your installation. Try using the
> > "Reccommended" installation method, then repeat installation using
> > "Customised" - Update , not "Install" . Remove any packages you don't
want
> on
> > your system prior to doing the Customized Update. What you need here is
a
> > stable installation first, then add the extra's that you want. Have you
> tried
> > doing your previous installations exactly the same way each time? If so,
> you
> > may have a bad sector on your hard drive, and the same package is
causing
> the
> > same problem each time because it's on the bad sector. In which case it
> only
> > appears that this package is causing your problem, but in fact the drive
> is
> > the problem. Can you get by without the seiko printpro package? At least
> for
> > now? I'd like to suggest that you install as per above suggestions. When
> the
> > PC is running smoothly ( a day or so ) do the updates ( DrakConf /
Update
> > software ), and then do the Seiko / Printpro package. Something
else,...If
> > you have a second PC connected to the Internet, find a reliable Update
> mirror
> > site, and then DOWNLOAD the updates, don't let the "Update Software"
> utility
> > do it. Burn the updates to CD, and use "Kpackage" to update the P2 450
> > system. Make sure to use the "Check Dependencies" option in Kpackage
when
> > doing the updates. I've found some minor problems with the updater,
where
> it
> > doesn't always install library files related to random packages, but
> Kpackage
> > will warn you if any package needs additional files before allowing you
to
> > install anything. Download the libraries or whatever it needs and
install
> > them first. Hope this info helps.
> >
> > --
> > Dan LaBine
> > Maximum LAN's Ltd.
> > Registered Linux User #190712
> >
> >
>
>
>
