Re: [newbie] 8.2 Instilliation crashes On Partition check

2005-01-02 Thread Michael Hahn
From: "Richard Urwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Sunday 02 Jan 2005 1:53 pm, Michael Hahn wrote: > > I choose 8.2 because I > > already had the OS, and I can't really afford to pay for a new OS as > > well as a new hard drive. >< > > Fair enough. Download 10.1, it's GPL - you don't have to pay. > It

Re: [newbie] 8.2 Instilliation crashes On Partition check

2005-01-02 Thread Richard Urwin
On Sunday 02 Jan 2005 1:53 pm, Michael Hahn wrote: > I choose 8.2 because I > already had the OS, and I can't really afford to pay for a new OS as > well as a new hard drive. >< Fair enough. Download 10.1, it's GPL - you don't have to pay. It would be nice if you joined Mandrake Club the next time

Re: [newbie] 8.2 Instilliation crashes On Partition check

2005-01-02 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 02 Jan 2005 13:53, Michael Hahn wrote: > From: "Anne Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > >Is that a SATA drive? If so, I don't think 8.2 would be able to manage > > it. Is there a particular reason for your choice of 8.2? It no longer > > g

Re: [newbie] 8.2 Instilliation crashes On Partition check

2005-01-02 Thread Michael Hahn
From: "Anne Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >On Saturday 01 Jan 2005 22:58, Michael Hahn wrote: >> I recently needed to replace the hard drive in my M5305 notebook, and >> decided to install my old copy of Mandrake Linux (8.2) on it. However, when >> I tried to install, it reached Partition Check: hda

Re: [newbie] 8.2 Instilliation crashes On Partition check

2005-01-02 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 01 Jan 2005 22:58, Michael Hahn wrote: > I recently needed to replace the hard drive in my M5305 notebook, and > decided to install my old copy of Mandrake Linux (8.2) on it. However, when > I tried to install, it reached Partition Check:

[newbie] 8.2 Instilliation crashes On Partition check

2005-01-01 Thread Michael Hahn
I recently needed to replace the hard drive in my M5305 notebook, and decided to install my old copy of Mandrake Linux (8.2) on it. However, when I tried to install, it reached Partition Check: hda (my new hard drive, a Hitachi HTS424040MSAT00 40 GB) it freezes. It is accessing the HD, but nothing