On Tuesday 10 June 2003 17:34, Hal MacArgle wrote: > OK - I went back to a completly new try using the 8.0 > buslogic.s/colour.gz combination:/hda4 as swap and a clean /hda1 as > target. Swap on; quick format; Source Slackware CD-ROM - autoscan > found 2nd scsi cd ok; select 'a' only - report "Installing series > a".. Then the dreaded panel, seen so many times: "MOUNT ERROR - > Please be sure that it is mounted on /var/log/mount/slakware and that > the Slackware disks are found in sub dirs /var/log/mount/slakware > like specified." (Of course on the CD they are in slackware, not > slakware.. With OK I got the # command line again but with several > reports: "/usr/lib/setup/setup: cannot create /mnt/etc fstab: > directory non-existent."
Have you tryed thr "scsi.s" disk, buslogic.s is only for the MultiMaster or so stated in the doc's from slack-8.0. As of 8.1 there is no buslogic.s disk its now scsi.s because of known problems with buslogic controllers. > > I checked and /mnt exists but not etc, so I did a mkdir etc > there and went back to setup again.. This time I got the MOUNT ERROR > report again, but not the previous non-existent, and, actually got as > far as making a boot disk, selecting 'make lilo boot disk' but, > noting that the a files were really never installed.. Trying to make > the boot disk fd0 went into netherland and didn't stop running until > I ejected the disk (a no-no to me, normally) Tried whole routine > again making a 'simple' boot disk and it worked but, of course, > reported a Kernel Panic: because there were no files on the drive.. > > In summation Richard, notwithstanding all the work you and > others have done with this - Who needs it??? Life is too short.. > Apparently 8.1 has more than one messed up directory label, compared > to the previous versions..This version installs OK with an ATAPI-IDE > CD and HD with a BIOS that boots CD's, period.. IMHO. <grin> Since > some vendors are eliminating floppies from their boxes now - I guess > that's the way to go, eh? I dont quite know what you mean abot messed up directory labels. I have never noticed anything funny about 8.1.. > > APPRECIATE!! > > Hal - in Terra Alta, WV - Slackware GNU/Linux 8.0 (2.4.18) > Proprietary Formats Unacceptable -- Regards Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
