[Cooker] Problem during install of 8.2
Hello, I came accross the following problem doing an Update intstall of 8.2 : Install had reached the Load Bootloader phase. I was asked where to put the boot loader and I selected MBR. A dialog appeared stating installation of the boot loader had failed due to a syntax on or after line 28 in lilo.conf. (Running lilo -v on the same file produces no error output and correctly ammends the boot stuff) I was then offered a dialog offering me Modify, Add and Done. On selection of Done the dialog informing me that the installation of the boot loader had failed due to a syntax on or after line 28 in lilo.conf reappeared and I was sent back to the dialog asking me where to put the boot loader (MBR or 1st Sector). And that was as far as the update could go ! I could basically only go around the same loop. No available option would either allow me to skip this step (understandable ?) or to edit the contents of lilo.conf (as I was doing an Update maybe this would be acceptable ?) Using the buttons down the left hand side and using F11 to effectively do an ntsysv I was basically able to complete a lot of the Upgrade, but I kept being taken back to the dialog asking me where to put the boot loader. All I could do was CtrlAltBackspace and reboot. Since I don't know what is wrong with lilo.conf it is a bit tricky to fix, but then if it is okay for lilo -v what is upsetting the installer ? Owen
Re: [Cooker] : problem during install
JP Sartre [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ok.. I tried http, ftp, and HD installs tonight and I got the same error.. there's something wrong with the new distro or something because I tried many of the mirrors to no avail.. yes, the something wrong is the mdkinst_stage2.gz fixed now.
[Cooker] : problem during install
Hello, I downloaded the entire oxygen archive from ftp, and started the batch file harddisk.bat in oxygen/dosutils/autoboot/mdkinst/ It correctly prompted for the location of the Mandrake repository on my harddrive, and started loading the second stage. But then I got this message : "error while loading ramdisk", and then a blank screen. The only remaining solution is then ctrl+alt+supr. I reload several times the archive, without any significant improvement. Does someone know what is the problem ? Thank, Pascal Grosse
Re: [Cooker] : problem during install
Can you try to reproduce it with a floppy please? On Fri, 7 Jan 2000, Pascal Grosse wrote: Hello, I downloaded the entire oxygen archive from ftp, and started the batch file harddisk.bat in oxygen/dosutils/autoboot/mdkinst/ It correctly prompted for the location of the Mandrake repository on my harddrive, and started loading the second stage. But then I got this message : "error while loading ramdisk", and then a blank screen. The only remaining solution is then ctrl+alt+supr. I reload several times the archive, without any significant improvement. Does someone know what is the problem ? Thank, Pascal Grosse -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [Cooker] : problem during install
On Fri, Jan 07, 2000 at 05:16:34PM -0700, Axalon Bloodstone wrote: Can you try to reproduce it with a floppy please? On Fri, 7 Jan 2000, Pascal Grosse wrote: Hello, I downloaded the entire oxygen archive from ftp, and started the batch file harddisk.bat in oxygen/dosutils/autoboot/mdkinst/ It correctly prompted for the location of the Mandrake repository on my harddrive, and started loading the second stage. But then I got this message : "error while loading ramdisk", and then a blank screen. The only remaining solution is then ctrl+alt+supr. I reload several times the archive, without any significant improvement. Does someone know what is the problem ? Thank, Pascal Grosse -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon In fact I tried the installation procedure with a floppy. It lead to the same result : after the boot prompt, the disk drive works for some time, and then freeze with no error message. Pascal
[Cooker] Problem during install of helios
In the setup boot.img when its to select indivuals packages I cant select X11/Gnome X11/KDE X11/Games the tree didnt expand... weird.. all other seem ok. Emmanuel Paré GIS/Programming for DBX Geomatics email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux-mandrake.com
