Re: RE : Re: problem installing on i386

2006-09-26 Thread Erik Norgaard
Desmond Coughlan wrote: So on the second disk drive, which is around.. 20GB, IIRC, we want /mail, /sql and /forums, and maybe 512M of swap. On the first, system files etc. and swap. I used to tinker around with postgreSQL, so that'll be what we'll be using. How does that sound? 1)

RE : Re: problem installing on i386

2006-09-26 Thread Desmond Coughlan
No need to apologise (I should apologise for snipping everything to which I reply, but I'm using IE and it puts all those hypertext junkie things in...), as the mistake was mine. You might have noticed that I listed two /etc slices ... in fact, one of them was supposed to read '/tmp'. I a

Re: problem installing on i386

2006-09-26 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Tue, Sep 26, 2006 at 11:09:05AM +0200, Desmond Coughlan wrote: > Hi, > I hope that I'm not sending this to the wrong list, or that the question > hasn't already been answered. > > I'm trying to install 6.1-RELEASE onto a Pentium-3. > > I had a lot of trouble creating the diskette

Re: problem installing on i386

2006-09-26 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Tue, Sep 26, 2006 at 11:09:05AM +0200, Desmond Coughlan wrote: > Hi, > I hope that I'm not sending this to the wrong list, or that the question > hasn't already been answered. > > I'm trying to install 6.1-RELEASE onto a Pentium-3. > > I had a lot of trouble creating the diskette

Re: problem installing on i386

2006-09-26 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Tue, Sep 26, 2006 at 11:09:05AM +0200, Desmond Coughlan wrote: > Hi, > I'm trying to install 6.1-RELEASE onto a Pentium-3. > > I had a lot of trouble creating the diskettes, but after changing the > floppy drive, no problem. Now, when I do the install, I have two hard > drives, and c

RE : Re: problem installing on i386

2006-09-26 Thread Desmond Coughlan
Fanastic... the thing was staring me in the face all along! I shan't be able to try another install until tomorrow morning, but I have a feeling that you guys have put your finger on the problem!! Thanks! D. - Découvrez un nouvea

Re: problem installing on i386

2006-09-26 Thread Alex Zbyslaw
Desmond Coughlan wrote: Hi, I hope that I'm not sending this to the wrong list, or that the question hasn't already been answered. This is the right list. If you want to know if something similar has been answered before then try searching the archives which you can find from www.freebs

Re: problem installing on i386

2006-09-26 Thread Erik Norgaard
Erik Norgaard wrote: Don't create a separate /bin and /etc partition, there is no need, and 512M is far sufficient for both /, /etc and /bin. I would guess the problem is that when you boot / is mounted, but no rc script is found as it is in /etc, as well as the fstab with info on what to mou

problem installing on i386

2006-09-26 Thread Desmond Coughlan
Hi, I hope that I'm not sending this to the wrong list, or that the question hasn't already been answered. I'm trying to install 6.1-RELEASE onto a Pentium-3. I had a lot of trouble creating the diskettes, but after changing the floppy drive, no problem. Now, when I do the install,

Re: problem installing on i386

2006-09-26 Thread Erik Norgaard
Desmond Coughlan wrote: Hi, I hope that I'm not sending this to the wrong list, or that the question hasn't already been answered. I'm trying to install 6.1-RELEASE onto a Pentium-3. I had a lot of trouble creating the diskettes, but after changing the floppy drive, no problem. No