install help

j.todd · 03-05-2008, 05:04 PM

after the first step, when I enter

Code:

mount /dev/hda3 /slacktemp

I get this error

Code:

mount point: /slacktemp does not exist

and when I try

Code:

~#mount /dev/hda3 /slacktemp

I get

Code:

-sh:~#mount :not found

Did I do something wrong? I made sure I typed everything correctly..

T3slider · 03-05-2008, 05:21 PM

You should start with `mkdir /slacktemp`. Don't enter the ~#s -- they're just a guide to tell you to enter the following commands at a console.

j.todd · 03-05-2008, 06:20 PM

Ok, but still I'm getting the mount error. Is the mount point suppoed to be:

Code:

/dev/hda3 /slacktemp

hda3 is the partition that I installed slack on..

T3slider · 03-05-2008, 09:16 PM

That sounds right to me...but just in case try `fdisk -l` to list all of your partitions just to make sure it's correct. I'm afraid you may have to wait for someone else to chime in.

j.todd · 03-05-2008, 09:35 PM

Ok, I did the 'fdisk -l' and now I get all the way to 'cd /slacktemp/etc'. It says 'cannot find /slacktemp/etc'

T3slider · 03-05-2008, 11:00 PM

Post the output you get from 'fdisk -l'. Did you manage to mount your hd at /slacktemp? If you cd to /slacktemp (and not /slacktemp/etc) and do `ls -a`, what do you get?

j.todd · 03-08-2008, 05:20 PM

O.k., the hard drive on my laptop gave out, unfortunately. Now all I have is a 30gb laptop hd. which isn't enough for winblows to share with Linux, I guess I'll just have to lay it off for a while.

Thanks for all the help though.

onebuck · 03-08-2008, 07:27 PM

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by j.todd

O.k., the hard drive on my laptop gave out, unfortunately. Now all I have is a 30gb laptop hd. which isn't enough for winblows to share with Linux, I guess I'll just have to lay it off for a while.

Thanks for all the help though.

The 30GB HDD is more than enough for Windows and Linux.

j.todd · 03-08-2008, 07:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by onebuck

Hi,

The 30GB HDD is more than enough for Windows and Linux.

Not with all of my games. When I'm done installing the games I have about 4gb left.

onebuck · 03-08-2008, 07:48 PM

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by j.todd

Not with all of my games. When I'm done installing the games I have about 4gb left.

HDD are rather cheap nowadays, I just got some 160GB EIDE for about $58 each. You could get your Windows and Linux installed on the 30GB and working then add another HDD to use as a support. A lot of games on that Windows!

j.todd · 03-08-2008, 08:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by onebuck

Hi,

HDD are rather cheap nowadays, I just got some 160GB EIDE for about $58 each. You could get your Windows and Linux installed on the 30GB and working then add another HDD to use as a support. A lot of games on that Windows!

Yeah, I have a 320gb external drive, but the USB port on it's back is broken somehow. The company won't return it because I don't have the reciet anymore, and most of the computer repair places around me won't fix it because it voids the warrenty..even after I explain how I can't return it either way..

And yup, I love them games!:

World of Warcraft (not expansion, computer to crappy)(6GB)
Half-Life(4GB)
Half-Life2(4GB)
WarcraftIII & expansion(1.5GB)
Diabo II & expansion(3GB)
Starcraft & expansion(1.5~GB)
Command & Conquer The First Decade (8GB)

onebuck · 03-09-2008, 08:29 AM

Hi,

Buy another enclosure and swap the drive into it.

j.todd · 03-09-2008, 04:25 PM

Removed some games, now I have enough room for linux and windows.

After I install, and try to write lilo to my MBR and I get the error, I should do:

Code:

mkdir /slacktemp                   
fdisk -l
mount /dev/hda3 /slacktemp  
chroot /slacktemp                 
cd /slacktemp/etc                 
vi lilo.conf                       
lilo -v -t -b /dev/hda3    
lilo -v -b /dev/hda3

I'll post again after the install.