Bruce,
Yes, the boot partition starts at roughly 2 GB, and all my
Linux partitions live below cylinder 1024.
Thanks for bringing that up.
I have, perhaps another clue to the problem. I used
Partition Magic to look at the Ext2 partitions since my last
installation failure, at it said that 2 of the root
partition's 4.5 GBs are used. The installation of packages
wasn't a psych-out.
One other clue: the floppy drive does work when I make a
replication disk. So the failure to make the boot disk has
nothing to do with the drive itself (although we pretty much
expected that).
Miark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Howland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2001 9:56 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Can't install -- more clues
> Miark wrote:
>
> > Anthony and all,
> >
> > During installation of 7.2
> >
> > 1) I want to make a boot disk, but it fails:
> >
> > An error occurred, mkbootdisk failed
> >
> > 2) When I try to install lilo or grub, it fails:
> >
> > Installation of bootloader failed
> > The following error occurred:
> > Fatal: open /dev/hda: No such file or directory
> >
> > 3) When I test X, it fails, saying:
> >
> > (WW) xf86ReadBIOS: Failed to open /dev/mem
> > (No such file or directory)
> >
> > 4) On occasion, lilo will load, but when I boot to
> > Linux, it says, Kernel panic:
> >
> > Unable to mount root fs on 03:05
> >
> > I'm not sure what 03 is, but I have to assume 5
> > refers to hda5 which is mounted at /.
> >
> > But everything up to this point in the installation
pretends
> > to work, including the installation of all the packages.
> >
> > I've tried reputedly, about a dozen attempts so far.
> >
> > I tried making Ext2 partitions with the Mandrake
installer
> > and with Partition Magic 6 in Windows.
> >
> > I've tried using Ext2 partitions as well as ReiserFS
> > partitions using the Mandrake installer.
> >
> > I've tried installing from a CD-RW that I burned from
the
> > downloaded ISO, and I've tried installing from a CD-R,
even
> > of a different brand.
> >
> > I've tried diagnosing problems with my HD with both
> > Partition Magic 6, and with Norton's Disk Doctor 2001,
and
> > there aren't any problems. And Windows has no problems
> > accessing its own partitions, of course.
> >
> > I've tried wiping the mbr so that lilo or grub get a
clean
> > shot at installation (although not in conjunction with
these
> > other things).
> >
> > If my computer had a neck, I would choke it to death.
> >
> > What is going on?!!
> >
> > Miark
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Anthony" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 7:59 PM
> > Subject: Re: [newbie] Can't install -- more clues
> >
> >
> >> So what exactly is the problem? I don't think ReiserFS
> >
> > filesystems do bad
> >
> >> sector checking. At least I don't remember getting
asked
> >
> > that when I
> >
> >> formatted my Linux partitions to that. Have you tried
jsut
> >
> > checking the swap
> >
> >> partition and then moving on?
> >>
> >>> Nobody has even guessed at my problem yet, but I have
> >>
> > more
> >
> >>> clues that may help you help me. Here's the full
> >>
> > scenario:
> >
> >>> I'm installing 7.2 for dual-boot with Win98. When I
get
> >>
> > to
> >
> >>> DiskDrake in set-up, I choose to make the three
> >>
> > following
> >
> >>> partitions:
> >>>
> >>> * Logical, ReiserFS, 5 GB, mounted at /
> >>> * Logical, ReiserFS, 1 GB, mounted at /home
> >>> * Logical, Linux swap, 500 MB
> >>>
> >>> It says that it's formatting the Reiser partitions,
but
> >>
> > it
> >
> >>> only says that for about 2 seconds. Then, when it asks
> >>
> > which
> >
> >>> partitions on which to check for bad sectors, it
_only_
> >>> lists the swap partition.
> >>>
> >>> If I go back and make the Reiser partitions Linux
> >>
> > native,
> >
> >>> then everything is fine. Well, it's as close to fine
as
> >>
> > it
> >
> >>> will get.
> >>>
> >>> Now I remember somebody on this list saying that what
I
> >>
> > want
> >
> >>> to do is possible. Were they wrong? How do I implement
> >>> ReiserFS and make it work?
> >>>
> >>> Miark
> >>
> >> --
> >> Anthony
> >> http://binaryfusion.net
> >> Press any key to continue, or any other key to quit.
> >>
> Did you set your Linux boot partition below the 8Gb point?
>
> 73 -bruce-
>
>
>
