Ron,
I have the same problem: 7.2 doesn't install, telling me
along the way that it can't find /hda, /proc/mem, zoneinfo
(sometimes) and other things that it should have no trouble
locating. But 7.1 installs with no problem whatsoever.
I've afterward made changes to my partition, hoping that
writing the table anew would work. I tried moving
the Linux partitions from the beginning of the drive to the
end. I tried using different filesystems. Different
bootloaders--try again! Different installation media.
<sigh> I tried beta 8.0, and it's giving me the same
problems.
The bigger problem is that nobody seems to know why. :^(
I'm still hopeful, but I dunno. I'll tell you what--putting
Mandrake on my dinky laptop in the interim really sucks.
Miark
Registered Linux User #197870
----- Original Message -----
From: "Renaud OLGIATI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "*List Linux-Newbie-MK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 9:02 AM
Subject: [newbie] Partitioning problem
> I have just been installing Linux Mandrake on a new
computer.
>
> The interesting bit was that LM 7.2 would not install, it
seems that it could
> not read of write the partition table, whether with
diskdrake of fdisk.
>
> So I installed LM 7.1, with no trouble.
>
> Anyone met this problem ?
>
> Is there a solution ? (I'd like to upgrade to 7.2 later
;-)
>
> TIA,
>
> Ron the Frog, on the balmy banks of the Paraguay Riverr.
> --
> Insanity is hereditary:
> You get it from your kids.
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