oppppppsss, sorry ;o)
I meant to write:
100 swap
/usr 1000M
I thought I corrected it thoug :o/
Thanks for pointing it out
Patrick Putteman, System Engineer
Three-i
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kuraiken [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, May 31, 1999 11:49 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 upgrade woes, continued
>
> Putteman Patrick wrote:
> >
> > your partitionning seems a bit strange to me.
> >
> > Try this:
> >
> > make 4 partitions:
> >
> > / 1000M
> > /usr 100M
> > swap 1000M
> > /var 350
> >
>
> 1 gig of Swap?! Isn't that a bit excessive?
> /usr 1000M
> swap 100M
>
> sounds better IMHO...
>
> > don't realy see why you have a /usr and an /usr/local partition
> >
> > It could just be that setup is messed up by your partitioning, and
> that
> > the error message is less than 'explaining'
> >
>
> I dunno...it sure sounds awfully weird to me. Have you tried
> installing
> "minimal" stuff? Like just X and printing or something?
>
> <snip>
> > > Continued from previous message...
> > >
> > > Downloaded a new ISO image from another FTP site (different from
> > > first), burned another CD. Booted from new CD, removed all
> > > partitions, created new partitions (200M swap, 800M /, 1000M /usr,
> > > 350M /var, 200M /usr/local - don't ask why I chose these, I'm
> posting
> > > to the newbie group for a reason :) ), formatted all new
> partitions,
> > > selected packages (all except for console and X games,
> IPX/Netware,
> > > and extra documentation), began install.
> > >
> > > First try: quit at about 85% finished package installation with
> > > "install exited abnormally - received signal 11 sending
> termination
> > > signals...etc., etc."
> > >
>
> The fact that you got through some but not all...wait, did you say you
> got it
> all installed once except X did not run? Meaning you got 100% through?
> If
> so...this sounds like flaky hardware (RAM usually) than anything
> else...I know
> you said it worked flawlessly for years but...
>
> Also intermittent problems can sometimes come from loose
> connections...like the
> ide cables not inserted 100% in or something...or the RAM not inserted
> "just
> so"...(Don't laugh, stuff like this has happened to me so many
> times...! :-/)
>
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