Hello,
I tried to update my MDK 7.2 setup to 8.0 and
encountered some problems during the installation.
Here's what happened:
a) Downloaded both 8.0-inst and 8.0-ext and burned
them on CDs.
b) Booted with the 8.0-inst CD and got into the
GUI installation interface. All my hardware seemed
to be recognized correctly during the boot process.
c) Selected the "Expert/Update" option.
d) Went through the first few steps (language,
keyboard, mouse etc.), but in the "Format Partitions"
step I kept getting "Cannot mount device" error.
It didn't say which device it couldn't mount (the
down side of GUI installation, I guess). This step
could not be skipped and the only way to quit the
installation is to press the reset button.
And here's my configuration:
Hardware:
. Abit BP6
. a Maxtor 20G ATA66 hard drive on IDE0
(ATA33 interface)
. a DVD drive and a CDR on IDE1
. Promise ATA100 PCI card
. a IBM 30G ATA100 hard drive connected to the
Promise card
Software:
. Win2k and Mandrake 7.2 with kernel 2.4.3
. both hard drives are split half-half between
Windows and Linux
. The linux partitions are
- The Maxtor disk: /, /home, swap
- The IBM disk: /mnt/ibm, /usr/local
Any ideas on what could have gone wrong? With
so many exciting new features in 8.0 it's really
pretty frustrating that I couldn't even get it
installed.
Thanks a lot,
- Steve
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