On Wednesday 14 March 2001 16:39, Dennis Myers wrote:
> > 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 ;-)
> I have not seen the problem on my systems or the list, but I would bet a
> dollar that now that you have 7.1 on the disk you can go back and do an
> install with 7.2 and keep the same partitions just don't reformat the /home
> partition if you now have anything you want to save. It is possible on the
> first try with a brand new harddrive it must be formatted and you may be
> able to do that with the install disk and do F1 instead of "enter" and then
> do a format , but I am not sure of the exact command line to use for that,
> hopefully someone on the list will know. I had to do this I think, but it
> was so long ago that I have forgotten. Anyway, the 7.2 over the 7.1 should
> work now. Good Luck,
Does not work, I already tried:
After partitioning in the LM 7.1 install, I restarted the 7.2 and there was
nothing in either fdisk or diskdrake; went back to 7.1 and all the partitions
I had created before were there ;-(
I'm begining to feel a lack of gruntleness....
Cheers,
Ron the Frog, on the balmy banks of the Paraguay Riverr.
--
Blessed are they who expect nothing,
for they shall not be disapointed.
--- http://personales.conexion.com.py/~rolgiati ---
