On Sunday 18 February 2001 01:36, you wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've just decided to give Mandrake a go (Redhat otherwise) & am
> having some fun getting the LM 7.2 installer to work...:
>
> 1) perl script errors on trying to mount "/" in the diskdruid
> (??) program. I'd set the mount point & format the disk, but
> then trying to mount it would generate a perl script error on
> line 218 of some script. Perhaps it's not necessary as it does
> eventually get mounted anyway... just curious to know what the
> deal is.
>
> 2) Erroneous disk space requirements reported: Regardless of
> what I select on the high level package selection screen, it
> always reports hefty disk space requirements. Manual calculation
> would indicat that the selected package groups would require say
> 1.1GB, yet the installer would turn around & stat that 2.6GB was
> required. why is this? How can I get around it?
>
> 3) Xserver lockups on resolution test. After successfully
> detecting my S3 Virge/DX video card, and having spcified my
> exact monitor type (Samsung 17GLi), the test of the minimal
> resolution I'd selected (800x600x16, or did I select any??)
> would just result in a permanent black screen. I've not really
> ever had this problem before (to my recollection) under Redhat &
> Debian.
>
> 4) Missing files after install. After an eventual successful
> install (various bypasses to the problems above) some tools seem
> to be missing: Xconfigurator - should that not be in
> /usr/X11R6/bin just like XF86config is?; On boot of an older
> machine (installed via ftp from the newer one) init is loaded
> but then asks what runlevel to switch to! I've not checked, but
> perhaps the rc.d (& associated) directories are screwed up? I'm
> wondering if perhaps these files (& others) are missing due to
> the fact that I'd had to let the installed trim the installation
> base down from 2.6GB to 1.3GB, as described in point 2 above.
> hmmm.... surely these files would not get the chop so easily?
>
> Well, I like the look/feel of LM, but these issues ain't no fun.
> RH7.0 and DB2.2 installs went relatively flawlessly, so the
> impression ain't too good. I've searched the newbie & expert
> mailing lists, & found nothing much. Access to a
> news.mandrake.com would be nice too.
>
> Thanks, sTu.
>
> _______________________________________
> Stuart Summerville
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Deimus Enterprises
> Ph: 0412-332-074 Caulfield North,
> ICQ: 62258556 Vic, Australia.
HI there,
Check out your hdisk with fdisk (linux one) or cfdisk on what
partitions you actually have. Propably mdk left old ones intact
and created new ones - careful as it is on leaving other OS'es
intact on installation. I found partitioning with fdisk
beforehand, and choosing 'custom' or 'expert' install very helpful.
Don't forget to format the new partitions though.
good luck,
--
Semper avanti, sailing on Linux,
Harm Bathoorn Free evermore.
Hoek. NL.
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