On 05/11/2015 09:09 AM, Fritz Hudnut wrote:
I followed my usual style of selecting "something else" from the
choice as I run a dual boot, set up a 10 MB "new world boot"
partition, 12 GB formatted "ext4" . . . and 2x RAM at 1380MB for swap
. . . ran through the usual ID & password stuff . . . and the
installer opened and started with "saving files xxx" . . . . 15
minutes later it was "still doing that" which ordinarily the install
should be finishing or almost. Checked GParted, boot partition showed
9MB installed, and ext4 showed 322MB . . . ????
Fritz:
I always use the "Something Else" (manual partitioning) option, and it
has (so far) always worked for me.
The thing I see in your e-mail snippet above that makes me wonder, is
your "new world boot" partition.
One of the partitions that Linux looks-for, and creates if necessary, is:
/boot
Your "new world boot" partition would not be recognized as "/boot", so
presumably it would create its own "/boot" partition under "/". But
perhaps there are other things you did in the manual partitioning (such
as where GRUB is installed) that could cause a conflict.
I recall that in installing Linux alongside Mac OS X (using manual
partitioning), I needed to create a small partition (of a name the
installer suggested) into-which the boot-loader (GRUB) is installed.
If you need to control what is in the /boot partition, then it is
probably best to create the /boot partition before installing, and
indicate for the install to use it.
I suspect that it must be named "/boot". Keep in mind that there is no
communication between the installer and the myriads of other system
components. Such components probably simply look for a partition named
"/boot".
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Sincerely,
Aere
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