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Re: [Rule-list] preparing richard's laptop
From: |
Richard Kweskin |
Subject: |
Re: [Rule-list] preparing richard's laptop |
Date: |
Tue, 19 Mar 2002 16:39:07 +0200 |
On Tuesday 19 March 2002 6:54 am, Devon wrote:
> On Monday 18 March 2002 06:16 pm, Richard Kweskin wrote:
> > I was using autopartitioning instead of fdisk (gory details provided on
> > request!)
>
> I am interested in the details, of course. ;)
> Congrats on the successful install.
Firstly, as a newbie, I am grateful to all of you and want to learn more
(hopefully by doing.)
Now:
Separate issues:
A) drvblock.img not used on laptop miniconda install
Found this out by...
1 At the prompt for a driver's disk, I reply yes and insert drvblock.img
disk. It has a quick read and goes right to what lang should install use.
Alt-F4 reports:
"FAT: bogus logical sector size 0
VFS: can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev 02:00"
So it got nothing from drvblock disk, right?
2 Fresh reboot, this time typing linux updates (i.e. no "dd")
But it still prompts for a driver's disk (thought the lack of dd precluded
this?). Reply no. Never have to insert drvblock.img.
B) Choosing uk keyboard (laptop happens to have it), seems to (a hunch) cause
a longer (a bit) loading of minconda from updates disk, the install aborts,
complaining "not enough memory". Leaving us keyboard fixes.
C) autopartitioning messed up
1 Up to partitioning, a-ok. When choosing autopartition (no matter which sub
option) it reports:
hda1 49mb ext3 /boot
hda2 1055mb ext3 /
hda3 190mb swap
2 This looks good, but it lies! Choosing ok at this point causes the lock-up
while formatting.
3 Tried variations with autopartitioning, e.g. deleted all the partitions,
making a virgin disk. Same lock-up.
4 Fdisk reveals the lie:
Autopartitioning, choosing "back" instead of "ok", and starting fdisk reports
same hda1 and hda3 but hda2 is type linux native and has no mount point.
5 The "fix":
Edit hda2 with fdisk with / and ext3, proceed and no lock-up! (Obviously
going straight for fdisk is best!)
6 Disk druid doesn't mess-up but once you say ok, there is no going back.
Richard
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- [Rule-list] richard's laptop, hairylarry, 2002/03/17
- Re: [Rule-list] richard's laptop, Richard Kweskin, 2002/03/17
- Re: [Rule-list] richard's laptop, Devon, 2002/03/18
- Re: [Rule-list] preparing richard's laptop, Richard Kweskin, 2002/03/19
- Re: [Rule-list] preparing richard's laptop, Gordon Buzowetsky, 2002/03/19
- Re: [Rule-list] preparing richard's laptop, Devon, 2002/03/20