Re: [newbie] Disappointed - the saga continues

[Civileme]

On Friday 01 June 2001 14:46, Adam Henson wrote:
> Just looked at the partition tables with partition magic, and it only
> lists a Linux EXT2 filesystem, and one other partition of  hex type 85.
> Surely this isnt right? When Mandrake installs it repartitions with two
> data partitions and a swap partition..?  Might this be what is causing
> INIT to hang on bootup?
>
>  a.
>
>
> Adam Henson
> Facts Helpdesk Advisor
> Meggitt Petroleum Systems
> Tel : 02476 69
> Fax:02476 418210
OK, that may explain a lot.

I need more information on your machine.

Try this

Put in the CD  type F1 as soon as the splash screen appears then type 
"rescue" without the quotes.

When it comes up, do

fdisk -l /dev/hda

And record the information
then 
dmesg  | less

and record down to and including IDE drive identification.

Let's see what you have.  I smell a disk geometry error.

Civileme

[newbie] Disappointed - the saga continues

[Adam Henson]

Damn! 

 No such luck.  I repartitioned the drive with two ext2 partitions and a
swap partition and reinstalled LM8. STILL no joy.. hangs on INIT 2.78.

 Is there no way of getting Mandrake running?   :-(   Someone pleeease
help! 

 a. 


Adam Henson
Facts Helpdesk Advisor
Meggitt Petroleum Systems
Tel : 02476 69
Fax:02476 418210 

[newbie] Disappointed - the saga continues

[Adam Henson]

Just looked at the partition tables with partition magic, and it only
lists a Linux EXT2 filesystem, and one other partition of  hex type 85.
Surely this isnt right? When Mandrake installs it repartitions with two
data partitions and a swap partition..?  Might this be what is causing
INIT to hang on bootup?

 a. 


Adam Henson
Facts Helpdesk Advisor
Meggitt Petroleum Systems
Tel : 02476 69
Fax:02476 418210