[newbie] Install error

2002-02-08 Thread Roger Sherman
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,

[newbie] Install error - Segmentation Fault

2001-06-28 Thread Sean Shaghaghi
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 h

Re: [newbie] Install error

2001-06-23 Thread Tom Brinkman
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 Win2

Re: [newbie] Install error

2001-06-22 Thread Michael Leone
> 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,

Re: [newbie] Install error

2001-06-21 Thread Tom Brinkman
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

Re: [newbie] Install error

2001-06-21 Thread Randy Kramer
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!) Than

Re: [newbie] Install error

2001-06-21 Thread Randy Kramer
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 DO

Re: [newbie] Install error

2001-06-21 Thread Tom Brinkman
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

Re: [newbie] Install error

2001-06-20 Thread Ed Tharp
mer" <[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 

Re: [newbie] Install error

2001-06-20 Thread John Rye
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 Windo

Re: [newbie] Install error

2001-06-20 Thread Randy Kramer
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 tho

Re: [newbie] Install error

2001-06-20 Thread Paul
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

RE: [newbie] Install error

2001-06-20 Thread Charles A Edwards
> -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

[newbie] Install error

2001-06-20 Thread Gary
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 1

[newbie] Install Error

2000-06-09 Thread Richard B. Pyne
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

[newbie] Install Error

1999-08-06 Thread Mick Peterson
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 an