On 1 Sep 2001, Robert M. Fuhrer wrote:
> Now I have problem in dealing with partitioning.
>
> I partitioned my hard drive in advance using pdisk (I have an install
> of LinuxPPC on another drive), and mkfs'ed all the partitions I
> wanted to use to house file systems. I then followed this path:
>
> -> Use existing partitions
> -> Choose mount points (I type in the mount points for the various
> partitions I set up, e.g., "/", "/usr", "/tmp")
> -> Choose the partitions you want to format
>
> At this point, if I select all but the partitions that already have
> stuff on them (e.g. /home), I get (exactly as the message appears):
>
> "An error occurred
> swap area needs to be."
>
> If on the other hand I select all but the partitions that have data
> on them AND the swap partitions, I get:
>
> "An error occurred
> swapon(sda4) failed: No such device or address."
>
> But /dev/sda4 (the swap partition) IS in fact visible if I run pdisk
> on VT#2.
>
I'm not sure what it is about having LinuxPPC on the machine, but setting
up the partitions with it always seems to give the installer fits. I
think you would have better luck letting the installer create the
partitions.
Stew Benedict
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