hello,

please report the last lines of the console logs (alt-f3, alt-f4)

Greets,

        Gael.

John Robie wrote:
> 
> I'm failing to install Mandrake 5.3 from a Win95 partition (d:) on my
> hardrive. I have read the installation instructions, to no avail. I am
> using the appropriate boot.img & supp.img disks for this type of
> install. The install sails along nicely until I am asked for the
> locale of the Mandrake files.
> 
> Here's the problem: the install fails at the point where I'm asked for
> the partition and directory within it where the Mandrake files are. I
> get the following error message,"partition seems to not have a valid
> installation tree." But, it does; it has the exact configuration as
> the FTP site.
> 
> However, "Red Hat Linux Unleashed" advices to create a top RedHat
> directory in the partition, with the base files and RPM packages
> nested within it. I have also, accordingly, created a
> 
>         RedHat
>                 Base
>                 RPMS
> 
> directory structure in said partition to test if that was the problem.
> No luck either.
> 
> Anyway, if that depiction was confusing, can someone kindly walk me
> through a hardrive install??
> 
> --
> John Robie

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