[newbie] Install error
Trying to reinstall 8.1, with CDs from the PowerPack. Now, I'd installed from these CDs before, on the HD I'm trying to install from. But now its saying Error in exec of stage2 :-( FATAL ERROR IN STAGE1: Not a dir I cannot recover from this. You may reboot your system. Anyone seen this before, and if so, any advice? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Install error - Segmentation Fault
I have been trying to get Mandrake 8.0 installed for the past couple of days. However, I seem to be getting an error called a segmentation fault around the part of the install where you select the packages you want. I want to install linun, but I can't. I am running a Celeron-533, 256Mb ram, two hard drive ( one 30 Gb, the other 20Gb), nVidia TNT 2, two network card ( smc, netgear), and a Diamond Sonic Impact s100 sound card on a Iwill motherboard (vd133) Please Help! __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] Install error
On Friday 22 June 2001 07:31 pm, Michael Leone wrote: > > No. There's no permissions in Winblows, which is one reason > > it's so inherently insecureable. M$ uses those attributes (ie, > > hidden and > > Windows most certainly has file permissions. Or have you never looked > at WinNT or Win2K? Check out ACLs on an NTFS volume sometime. > > Don't make the mistake of thinking that Win9x/WinME are the entire > Windows line of products. Mea culpa, you're quite right. I equate Win2k with NT, and don't consider them as Windoze. 'Course Win2k and NT are inherently insecurable too ;>> -- Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
Re: [newbie] Install error
> From: Tom Brinkman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [newbie] Install error > > On Thursday 21 June 2001 08:15 am, Randy Kramer wrote: > > > One followup question: Must I restore those attributes for any > > (functional) reason after the defrag? (I mean, is there any reason > > something (in Windows) would not work because the attributes have > > been changed?) > > No. There's no permissions in Winblows, which is one reason it's > so inherently insecureable. M$ uses those attributes (ie, hidden and Windows most certainly has file permissions. Or have you never looked at WinNT or Win2K? Check out ACLs on an NTFS volume sometime. Don't make the mistake of thinking that Win9x/WinME are the entire Windows line of products.
Re: [newbie] Install error
On Thursday 21 June 2001 08:15 am, Randy Kramer wrote:
> One followup question: Must I restore those attributes for any
> (functional) reason after the defrag? (I mean, is there any reason
> something (in Windows) would not work because the attributes have
> been changed?)
No. There's no permissions in Winblows, which is one reason it's
so inherently insecureable. M$ uses those attributes (ie, hidden and
system) so most users won't know those files exist, and hopefully won't
fool with 'em. BTW, defrag with some Windoze systems won't move swap
files either. There's a few work-arounds, but the easiest is to set
virtual memory to -0- (only if you have 64mb ram or more), and then
reboot and defrag. This isn't usually a problem tho.
--
Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
>
> Thanks,
> Randy Kramer
>
> Tom Brinkman wrote:
> >Boot to DOS, then you need to strip the hidden and system
> > attributes from all files. These are the files that defrag can't
> > move. IIRC, that would be 'attrib -s-r-h *.*' on the CL in C:\. At
> > least you don't need to be root ;> Check the syntax before you try
> > it ('attrib /?'), it's been a _long_ time since I've fooled around
> > in Winblows. Defrag also does a better job if you Uncheck the
> > 'speed up programs' option and run it several times.
> >
> >While you're at the DOS prompt, you can also clean up and
> > compress your registry. 'scanreg /fix', followed with 'scanreg
> > /opt'
Re: [newbie] Install error
Thomas, Thanks very much! I made one correction (which I think matches your intent) so that anybody else reading this is not confused. I think you meant: attrib +r +s -r c:\*.sys Hmm, and I'm not sure why the +r ... -r -- guess I'll learn when I try it. (If I'm confused, correct me!) Thanks, Randy Kramer n6tadam wrote: > I would make sure that all *.sys files are set to read-only, thus in dos: > > attrib +r +s -r c:\*.*
Re: [newbie] Install error
Tom,
Wonderful! Thanks!
One followup question: Must I restore those attributes for any
(functional) reason after the defrag? (I mean, is there any reason
something (in Windows) would not work because the attributes have been
changed?)
Thanks,
Randy Kramer
Tom Brinkman wrote:
>Boot to DOS, then you need to strip the hidden and system
> attributes from all files. These are the files that defrag can't move.
> IIRC, that would be 'attrib -s-r-h *.*' on the CL in C:\. At least you
> don't need to be root ;> Check the syntax before you try it
> ('attrib /?'), it's been a _long_ time since I've fooled around in
> Winblows. Defrag also does a better job if you Uncheck the 'speed up
> programs' option and run it several times.
>
>While you're at the DOS prompt, you can also clean up and compress
> your registry. 'scanreg /fix', followed with 'scanreg /opt'
Re: [newbie] Install error
On Wednesday 20 June 2001 05:48 pm, Randy Kramer wrote:
> Charles (or anyone else),
>
> Noticed your post, thought you might be able to answer a few
> questions related to shrinking Windows partitions:
>
> 1. Sometimes when I defrag a Windows partition there are clusters
> that "can't be moved" in various locations throughout the partition
> -- can "resize" move those while shrinki
Boot to DOS, then you need to strip the hidden and system
attributes from all files. These are the files that defrag can't move.
IIRC, that would be 'attrib -s-r-h *.*' on the CL in C:\. At least you
don't need to be root ;> Check the syntax before you try it
('attrib /?'), it's been a _long_ time since I've fooled around in
Winblows. Defrag also does a better job if you Uncheck the 'speed up
programs' option and run it several times.
While you're at the DOS prompt, you can also clean up and compress
your registry. 'scanreg /fix', followed with 'scanreg /opt'
--
Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
Re: [newbie] Install error
to minimize the "can't (or maybe won't) be moved clusters, you can try and set virtual memory to nothing while you run defrag and scandisk, and turn off your screensaver too - Original Message - From: "John Rye" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Randy Kramer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 9:34 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Install error > On Wed, 20 Jun 2001 18:48:51 -0400 > Randy Kramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Randy, > > Those 'can't be moved' clusters always gave me trouble when I attempted > skrinking. > > For the past few Linux installs where dual-booting was going to be used, > I found it a better option to remove and reinstall Windows into it's own > part of the first harddisk. > > I realise that this option is a problem if you have 'valuable' data in > the windows partition but I suggest it will give you a great deal less > hassle. > > Cheers > > John > > > 1. Sometimes when I defrag a Windows partition there are clusters that > > "can't be moved" in various locations throughout the partition -- can > > "resize" move those while shrinking? > > > > 2. Does reshrink give any warning before it reshrinks if the size you > > ask for requires moving the "can't be moved" clusters? > > > > 3. Does resize even attempt to move clusters, or does it just shrink > by > > the amount of emtpy space at the end of the partition? > > > > Thanks, > > Randy Kramer > > > > Charles A Edwards wrote: > > > 1)Run both ScanDisk and Defrag on your drive before you begin the > > > installation > > > 2)Run the installation in Expert mode. > > > 3)At the partitioning stage of the installation click on your > Windows > > > partition and select the resize option and resize it by the amount > of space > > > you wish to alow for linux. > > > > > > > -- > "The number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected" >(The UNIX Programmer's Manual, 2nd Edition, June 1972.) > Registered Linux User: 102826 >
Re: [newbie] Install error
On Wed, 20 Jun 2001 18:48:51 -0400 Randy Kramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Randy, Those 'can't be moved' clusters always gave me trouble when I attempted skrinking. For the past few Linux installs where dual-booting was going to be used, I found it a better option to remove and reinstall Windows into it's own part of the first harddisk. I realise that this option is a problem if you have 'valuable' data in the windows partition but I suggest it will give you a great deal less hassle. Cheers John > 1. Sometimes when I defrag a Windows partition there are clusters that > "can't be moved" in various locations throughout the partition -- can > "resize" move those while shrinking? > > 2. Does reshrink give any warning before it reshrinks if the size you > ask for requires moving the "can't be moved" clusters? > > 3. Does resize even attempt to move clusters, or does it just shrink by > the amount of emtpy space at the end of the partition? > > Thanks, > Randy Kramer > > Charles A Edwards wrote: > > 1)Run both ScanDisk and Defrag on your drive before you begin the > > installation > > 2)Run the installation in Expert mode. > > 3)At the partitioning stage of the installation click on your Windows > > partition and select the resize option and resize it by the amount of space > > you wish to alow for linux. > > -- "The number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected" (The UNIX Programmer's Manual, 2nd Edition, June 1972.) Registered Linux User: 102826
Re: [newbie] Install error
Charles (or anyone else), Noticed your post, thought you might be able to answer a few questions related to shrinking Windows partitions: 1. Sometimes when I defrag a Windows partition there are clusters that "can't be moved" in various locations throughout the partition -- can "resize" move those while shrinking? 2. Does reshrink give any warning before it reshrinks if the size you ask for requires moving the "can't be moved" clusters? 3. Does resize even attempt to move clusters, or does it just shrink by the amount of emtpy space at the end of the partition? Thanks, Randy Kramer Charles A Edwards wrote: > 1)Run both ScanDisk and Defrag on your drive before you begin the > installation > 2)Run the installation in Expert mode. > 3)At the partitioning stage of the installation click on your Windows > partition and select the resize option and resize it by the amount of space > you wish to alow for linux.
Re: [newbie] Install error
It was Wed, 20 Jun 2001 21:01:31 +0100 when Gary wrote: I don't mind. What are you installing? Linux 4 Windows? >Hope you don`t mind - Ive just bought >this distro and got as far as the file >system part of install when: >windows partition is too fragmented, >please run defrag first at >/usr/bin/perl_install/install_interacti >ve.pm line 113 >I have defragged using Norton speeddisk >(2001) and win98se defrag. All 100% >defragged. > >System Information >Platform: Windows 98 SE >Machine Type: Intel >System Version: 4.10. >Processor: Pentium II or III >Physical RAM Installed: 89476 Kb > > -- Well begun is half done. -Aristotle http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Sylpheed 0.4.99 ** http://www.care2.com - when you care **
RE: [newbie] Install error
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Gary > Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 4:02 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [newbie] Install error > > > > Hope you don`t mind - Ive just bought > this distro and got as far as the file > system part of install when: > windows partition is too fragmented, > please run defrag first at > /usr/bin/perl_install/install_interacti > ve.pm line 113 > I have defragged using Norton speeddisk > (2001) and win98se defrag. All 100% > defragged. > > System Information > Platform: Windows 98 SE > Machine Type: Intel > System Version: 4.10. > Processor: Pentium II or III > Physical RAM Installed: 89476 Kb 1)Run both ScanDisk and Defrag on your drive before you begin the installation 2)Run the installation in Expert mode. 3)At the partitioning stage of the installation click on your Windows partition and select the resize option and resize it by the amount of space you wish to alow for linux. 4)Click on the free space and create a 256MB linux swap partition. 5)Click on the remaining free space and create an ext2 partition and mount it as /. (If you choose you can create additional linux partitions but they are not necessary.) 6)Click done and the partition tables will be written to disk. 7) At the next screen formatt both the swap and the / partition. The installation of packages will then begin. If when you actually get to partitioning you are unclear or unsure as to the directions do not do any thing, exit the installation and get back to me and I will even more detailed instructions. Charles Forever never goes beyond tomorrow.
[newbie] Install error
Hope you don`t mind - Ive just bought this distro and got as far as the file system part of install when: windows partition is too fragmented, please run defrag first at /usr/bin/perl_install/install_interacti ve.pm line 113 I have defragged using Norton speeddisk (2001) and win98se defrag. All 100% defragged. System Information Platform: Windows 98 SE Machine Type: Intel System Version: 4.10. Processor: Pentium II or III Physical RAM Installed: 89476 Kb [Settings] NC=1 Code=NC Mode=2 SeenPlugins=x515x,x2005x UserSignatures=1 SeenIntro=1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] RealName=Gary [EMAIL PROTECTED] DomainQualifier= SMTPServer=smtp.ntlworld.com PopServer=pop3.norton.antivirus LoginName=g.blackmore1/pop.ntlworld.com ImapDirectoryPrefix= Stationery= Signature=Standard LeaveOnServerDays=0 BigMessageThreshold=51200 IMAPMaxDownloadSize=0 TrashMailboxName=Trash CheckMailByDefault=1 LeaveMailOnServer=0 AuthenticateKerberos=0 AuthenticateAPOP=0 UseWinSock=1 AuthenticateRPA=0 UsesIMAP=0 UsesPOP=1 AuthenticatePassword=1 DeleteMailFromServer=0 ServerDelete=0 SkipBigMessages=1 IMAPMinDownload=1 IMAPOmitAttachments=0 TransferToTrashOnDelete=0 MarkAsDeleted=1 SmtpAuthAllowed=1 LastOptionsCategory=12 Commercial32Version=16 AdToolbarFloat=0 AdToolbarDock=0 MainWindowState=1 NGBase1=991293518 NGLast1=991293518 NGBase2=991293518 NGLast2=991293518 NGBase3=991293518 NGLast3=991293518 NGBase4=991293518 NGLast4=991293518 NGBase5=991293518 NGLast5=991293518 MailboxSuperclose=0 AutoOK=1 ShowTipOfTheDay=0 CurrentTipOfTheDay=28 LastWindowMax=1 ImmediateSend=0 RasCloseAfterDone=0 AutoReceiveAttachmentsDirectory=C:\Program Files\Qualcomm\Eudora\attach SetPreviewReadSeconds=1 MailboxShowLabel=0 MailboxShowServerStatus=0 SenderTimeDisplay=1 LocalTimeDisplay=0 Alert=0 OpenInMailbox=0 NewMailSound=C:\WINDOWS\MEDIA\newmail4.wav NicknameLastActivePropertyPage=0 NicknameViewByIndex=5 FileBrowserNameWidth=100 FileBrowserTypeWidth=80 FileBrowserSizeWidth=45 FileBrowserModifiedWidth=120 PersonaViewNameWidth=95 PersonaViewAccountWidth=200 TaskStatusStateWidth=120 TaskStatusPersonaWidth=152 TaskStatusStatusWidth=297 TaskStatusProgressWidth=224 RegFirstNamePro=charles RegLastNamePro=demos RegCodePro=5114-4423-7758-2037 SSLReceiveUse=1 SSLSendUse=1 TaskErrorBringToFront=0 TaskStatusBringToFront=1 LinkHistoryNameWidth=160 LinkHistoryDateVisitedWidth=140 LinkHistoryTypeWidth=50 POPPort=110 SavePassword=1 ShowCoolBars=1 ShowLargeButtons=1 ShowStatusBar=1 FixedDateFormat=%1 %2 %4 AgeSensitiveDateDisplay=0 FixedDateDisplay=1 SuccessfulSend=1 EasyOpen=1 WarnDeleteUnread=0 WarnEmptyTrash=0 StatisticsPeriodSelected=0 ShowMoreStatistics=1 NoSplashScreen=1 WarnQueueStyledText=0 SendPlainAndStyled=0 SendStyledOnly=0 UseBidentAlways=0 FindMsgsCriteria1=Any Recipient;contains;ricketts FindMsgsCriteria2=Anywhere;contains; FindMsgsCriteria3=Anywhere;contains; FindMsgsCriteria4=Anywhere;contains; FindMsgsCriteria5=Anywhere;contains; SendPlainOnly=1 [Mappings] out=txt,ttxt,TEXT,text,plain both=doc,MSWD,,application,msword out=mcw,MSWD,WDBN,application,msword in=xls,XCEL,,, out=xls,XCEL,XLS4,, both=xlc,XCEL,XLC3,, both=xlm,XCEL,XLM3,, both=xlw,XCEL,XLW,, both=ppt,PPT3,SLD3,, both=wav,SCPL,WAVE,audio,microsoft-wave both=grp,,,application,microsoft-group both=wri,,,application,microsoft-write both=cal,,,application,microsoft-calendar both=zip,pZIP,pZIP,application,zip both=rtf,MSWD,TEXT,application,rtf both=pdf,,,application,pdf both=ps,,,application,postscript in=eps,,EPSF,, out=eps,dPro,EPSF,application,postscript both=jpg,JVWR,JPEG,image,jpeg out=jpeg,JVWR,JPEG,image,jpeg both=jfif,JFIF,JPEG,image,jpeg both=gif,JVWR,GIFf,image,gif both=tif,JVWR,TIFF,image,tiff both=mpg,mMPG,MPEG,video,mpeg both=mpeg,mMPG,MPEG,video,mpeg both=mov,TVOD,MooV,video,quicktime both=qt,TVOD,MooV,video,quicktime both=png,,PNGf,image,png both=htm,,,text,html out=html,,,text,html out=1st,ttxt,TEXT,text,plain both=aif,SCPL,AIFF,, both=arc,arc*,mArc,, both=arj,DArj,BINA,, out=asc,ttxt,TEXT,text,plain out=asm,ttxt,TEXT,text,plain both=au,SCPL,ULAW,, out=bas,ttxt,TEXT,text,plain out=bat,ttxt,TEXT,text,plain out=bga,JVWR,BMPp,, both=bmp,JVWR,BMPp,, out=c,ttxt,TEXT,text,plain both=cgm,GKON,CGMm,, out=cmd,ttxt,TEXT,text,plain out=com,mdos,BINA,, out=cp,ttxt,TEXT,text,plain out=cpp,ttxt,TEXT,text,plain both=cpt,CPCT,PACT,, out=csv,XCEL,TEXT,, both=cvs,DAD2,drw2,, out=dif,XCEL,TEXT,, both=dl,GKON,DLdI,, both=dvi,OTEX,ODVI,, out=exe,mdos,BINA,, out=faq,ttxt,TEXT,text,plain out=flc,GKON,FLI,, both=fli,GKON,FLI,, both=fm,FMPR,FMPR,, out=for,ttxt,TEXT,text,plain both=gl,AnVw,,, both=gz,Gzip,Gzip,, out=h,ttxt,TEXT,text,plain both=hqx,BnHq,TEXT,application,mac-binhex40 both=ico,GKON,ICO,, both=iff,GKON,ILBM,, both=ima,dCpy,dImg,, both=img,GKON,IMGg,, out=ini,ttxt,TEXT,text,plain both=lbm,GKON,ILBM,, both=lha,LARC,LHA,, both=lzh,LARC,LHA,, out=m3,ttxt,TEXT,text,plain both=mac,dPro,PICT,, out=mak,ttxt,TEXT,text,plain out=me,ttxt,TEXT,text,plain both=mod,SCPL,STrk,, both=msp,GKON,MSPp,, out=out,ttxt,TEXT,t
[newbie] Install Error
I have downloaded the iso images and burned the CDs for Mandrake Linux 7.1. When I try to run the upgrade on a machine currently running 7.0, I get an error that won't let me continue. During the "Choose Packages" phase, just after the box that lets you indicate which CDs you have, I get and error messge that says "Can't take sqrt of -0.524638". The machine is an AMD Athlon 700 with 128M RAM and 30 Gig UltraDMA-66 HD. Any help will be greatly appreciated as I really want ot try out the new release. --Richard -- Richard B. Pyne, KB7RMU [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pyne.kinfolk.org/rbp2
[newbie] Install Error
I have looked through the FAQ's and cannot seem to find my problem -- but it must be common. An error occurs during the step "install bootloader". This is on a Gateway P5-133 with 1.2 GByte IDE Hard Drive and 64 MByte of Memory -- no unusual hardware attached. I have tried it with no printer and no network card (it usually has a generic NE2000 compatible). I assumed the problem was with the partitioning -- but I have tried a number of approaches and nothing helps. No windows partition on the machine. Thanks Mick [EMAIL PROTECTED]
