I installed it using Rh 7.2 ext3 with out any problem. I m wondering why 7.3 gives such problem.
Regards Rahul T -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mohd Irfan R Khan Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 8:58 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Error while installing Unable to re-read partition Importance: High Have u checked formating drives with ext2 type rather than ext3 as ext3 seems to give some problems sometime. I think u can try it. for swap partition u can see in "top" command if it boots or /proc Regards Mohd Irfan R Khan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rahul Torvi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 5:41 PM Subject: RE: Error while installing Unable to re-read partition > Thanks Jim, > i even tried with that ....and there was no change in the error.....But as > far as i know ...its not mandatory to create swap partition if i have above > 512 MB RAM. Is it??? > > Rahul T > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jim Bija > Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 5:05 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Error while installing Unable to re-read partition > Importance: High > > > I dont see a partition for swap space which is needed by linux to work. > I think you should use 2 times the ammount of ram you have. Allthough you > have 1 gig of ram and 2 gigs of swap may be WAY too much. Chime in on this > one guys, im fuzzy. Is it 2x your ram PERIOD. or what... > By the way, look into why making seperate partitions is better then just > trying to use as few as possible. Bare minimum is /boot / and swap.. > but making seperate ones for things such as /tmp /home and some others > have some benifits.. > Jim. > > > Hi All, > > I tried installing RH 7.3 on my machine > > Configuration as follows : - > > Pentium IV 2.2 Ghz > > 120 GB HDD > > 1GB DDRAM > > > > But after doing all the partitions and selecting the packages when the > > installer begins to install It suddenly gives me an error "Unable to > > re-read partition from /tmp/hda Try rebooting your machine" My partition > > tables is as follows. > > > > /boot 30mb > > / 17 GB > > and rest of the disk is raw. > > > > But after many tries i installed RH 7.2 and I did the same way as of RH > > 7.3 and everything went fine. > > Has anybody faced any such problem. Can anybody tell me the reason why > > this error occurs. > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > Regards > > > > Rahul > > > > > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > Unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > Unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.380 / Virus Database: 213 - Release Date: 7/24/2002 -- redhat-list mailing list Unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list Unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
