Mandrake 10.1 Installation Problem

Bern · 10-31-2004, 11:39 AM

I have an 80mb HD on a DELL computer.
Linux Mandrake 9.2 is installed and I am trying to upgrade to 10.1.

Installation proceeds until I get the screen showing…

‘proceeding, please wait’ – I now wait for 10 minutes
At the H.D. Detection stage everything stops and that’s it.

Anybody figure what could be happening here?

I have tried 3 different disks to-date !!

I am afraid to take 9.2 off entirely in case a complete new installation of 10.1 will fail.

Thanks

Bernard

jeremy · 10-31-2004, 07:56 PM

Moved: This thread is more suitable in the Mandrake forum and has been moved accordingly to help your thread/question get the exposure it deserves.

--jeremy

shams · 10-31-2004, 08:37 PM

i think the prolem is with the cd

opjose · 11-01-2004, 03:11 AM

It may be the disk, but it is far more likely that Mandrake 10.x doesn't like the partition layout.

Bern · 11-01-2004, 10:05 AM

So does that mean that I should wipe out the current Linux layout and start afresh ?

Thanks

Bernard

bardinjw · 11-01-2004, 10:30 AM

there's a lot off differences in 9.2 and 10.1.
i wouldn't recomend trying to do an upgrade.
it's probably going to be less headache in the end to backup your home directory and install fresh.

i don't mean to be a pesimist, just saying what i think is the best choice.
good luck

Bern · 11-01-2004, 10:36 AM

Thanks....but before I do that let me state that as of now I don't get the opportunity to do either an upgrade or a full install.

If I take 9.2 off is there any guarantee that I will get beyond the point at which the install currently stops ?

Thanks

Bernard

Micro420 · 11-01-2004, 10:37 AM

I also agree with the above post. Backup your data from 9.2 and start fresh with a clean partition.

opjose · 11-01-2004, 02:00 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Bern
Thanks....but before I do that let me state that as of now I don't get the opportunity to do either an upgrade or a full install.

If I take 9.2 off is there any guarantee that I will get beyond the point at which the install currently stops ?

Thanks

Bernard

There is a way to check to see if you will have problems...

Namely download a LiveCD version of Linux that uses the same kernel version (or one that is fairly close) to that used by the Mandrake installer.

Usually if the LiveCD with Kernel 2.6.8-x boots, then you'll have no problem with Mandrake running a 2.6.8-xmdk kernel.