What kind of IDE chipset is the mb using? Is DMA enabled? Does the kernel
correctly identify the drive controllers? This sounds like a hardware
related problem. Has this hard drive been installed successfully with
another OS? As a last resort, boot up with some Slackware bootdisks,
cfdisk, format the drives, then install Mandrake using the pre-setup
partitions. Also, using a low-level format utility has corrected disk
errors for me in the past.
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Gene Moreau
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 12:45 PM
To: Mandrake Newbie (E-mail)
Subject: [newbie] Install problems with 7.2
I've been trying to do a fresh install on 7.2 and been running into a
problem with DiskDrake, but I'm not sure exactly.
I have a disk with no partitions on it, so I tell diskdrake to do
AutoAllocate. it seems happy with that. Says it's writes it to the disk.
Select format all partitions. it comes back with an error "Swap area must
be" must be what is my question.... Some times it gets to a point where is
formats the first two partitions then dies on the swap partition. I've
played with sizing it differently and that doesn't seem to make any
different. Strangely enough, if I just keep trying (about 10 time or more
usually) it works and the rest of the install go off with out a hitch.
If you go and look at some of the log screens it tells me "bad magic number"
in some perl script somewhere. also no partition table on the drive. What
gives?
What bugs me is that the 7.1 install works no problem.
Help!
Gene Moreau
IT Specialist
Arrista Technologies - http://www.arrista.com
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