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06-30-2004, 06:44 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jun 2004
Posts: 3
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Mandrake 8 installation probs
Hi, I removed a partition on my hard disk to install linux on it, my disk looks like this now:
partition 1 - fat32
partition 2 - no filesystem (I removed it)
partition 3 to 6 - fat32
soo now Im booting up with the mandrake 8 cd and everytime it starts with all the diagnostic line and then just stops and says something about the root mount point not being found
so I check up on it and I know now that I must press f1 for other options and type:
linux root=something
my problem is that I have no idea what to enter in by "something"
I once before installed mandrake 7 and that was fine once I get to disk druid (i think it was called) setting up the filesystem was quite easy, but I cant even get that far
any help will be greatly appreciated
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06-30-2004, 07:13 AM
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Member
Registered: Jan 2004
Location: UK
Distribution: Arch
Posts: 33
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What I'm wondering is why you want to install mandrake 8 when mandrake 10 is available and much more up to date?
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06-30-2004, 07:17 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jun 2004
Posts: 3
Original Poster
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because I dont have a copy of 10
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06-30-2004, 10:57 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: May 2004
Location: california
Distribution: mdklinux8.1
Posts: 1,209
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hadez200: missing some info? size of hdd. what else installed? now why
remove partition just move it making it smaller then install mdk in space.
most mdk,s have ability to assist in accomadating partitioning what ever you would want to install in each partition.
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06-30-2004, 11:00 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: May 2004
Location: california
Distribution: mdklinux8.1
Posts: 1,209
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hadez2000: sorry about last post left out this; try, http://tldp.org/HOWTO/
HOWTO-INDEX section 4.1.6 Partitions and Filesystems may help!
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06-30-2004, 11:57 AM
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Member
Registered: Mar 2004
Location: PA
Distribution: SuSE 10 OSS
Posts: 83
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You could still get mandrake 10. Just go to http://www.linuxiso.org they have mandrake 10 Official. -However, make sure you want it before you get it. I used to run Mandrake 10 CE, it was good with a couple bugs, but I still upgraded to the official version which sucked. -Everything I liked from CE was gone. -You may like that though, so go to Mandrakes site and look up the package list, then decied. 10 is very easy to install, runs quickly so you should not have problems with it.
Good Luck
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07-01-2004, 01:29 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jun 2004
Posts: 3
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thanx guys, Im trying to get my hands on 10 now, as my internet connection is to slow to dl a whole iso, but thanx for all the help guys, 
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