plzdontspamme
11-15-2004, 01:38 AM
Have Win98 installed on an older Compaq laptop. 8.2 GB HD. One CD-ROM drive, no floppy drive. I've defragmented the drive and been trying to install Knoppix 3.6 on the remaining space.
I've tried the following several times without success:
1)Delete previous old Linux partitions w/ cfdisk
2)reboot and create new ones using cfdisk:
hda1: Win98 3.8 GB Primary (existing)
hda2: Linux ext3 4 GB Primary
hda3: Compaq Diagnositics (DOS partition req'd by the computer for set-up etc.) approx. 15 MB Primary (existing)
hda4: Linux swap 400 MB Primary
2)reboot again and format hda2 using:
mke2fs /dev/hda2
(didn't need to do this to hda4, as it said it was already mounted...)
3)set up hda4 as a swap device using:
mkswap /dev/hda4
4) install using "sudo knoppix-installer". Installer recognizes both Linux partitions (i.e., don't need to use IGNORE_CHECK=1 option). Selected "beginner" installation and "install LILO to root partition" (can't do it to MBR--Compaq says doing so will screw up the DOS setup partition need to configure the laptop)
5) The installer (re-)formats and mounts hda2. It then installs anywhere from 57% to 98% of the files on the HD until I start getting errors like:
/usr/share//usr/share/knoppix-installer/modules/install/02-install-tools.bm: line 93: 2853 segmentation fault chroot "$TARGET_MNT_POINT" chown -R $USER_NAME.$USER_NAME /home/$USER_NAME
or:
no such file or directory: /mnt/hdinstall/etc/knoppix/install-configuration
or
or EXT3-fs error: inode out of bounds....
plus other lines of errors. Sometimes installation will stop competely, other times it will finish despite the errors. On the times when it does complete, I try to reboot using LILO, but just get a flashing cursor.
I tested the installation CD using "knoppix testcd" before installation and it matched the md5sum., so the disk seems to be OK.
Is anyone able to get knoppix-installer to work completely without any error messages? Any suggestions on what else I can do??? I'm getting very frustrated.
I've tried the following several times without success:
1)Delete previous old Linux partitions w/ cfdisk
2)reboot and create new ones using cfdisk:
hda1: Win98 3.8 GB Primary (existing)
hda2: Linux ext3 4 GB Primary
hda3: Compaq Diagnositics (DOS partition req'd by the computer for set-up etc.) approx. 15 MB Primary (existing)
hda4: Linux swap 400 MB Primary
2)reboot again and format hda2 using:
mke2fs /dev/hda2
(didn't need to do this to hda4, as it said it was already mounted...)
3)set up hda4 as a swap device using:
mkswap /dev/hda4
4) install using "sudo knoppix-installer". Installer recognizes both Linux partitions (i.e., don't need to use IGNORE_CHECK=1 option). Selected "beginner" installation and "install LILO to root partition" (can't do it to MBR--Compaq says doing so will screw up the DOS setup partition need to configure the laptop)
5) The installer (re-)formats and mounts hda2. It then installs anywhere from 57% to 98% of the files on the HD until I start getting errors like:
/usr/share//usr/share/knoppix-installer/modules/install/02-install-tools.bm: line 93: 2853 segmentation fault chroot "$TARGET_MNT_POINT" chown -R $USER_NAME.$USER_NAME /home/$USER_NAME
or:
no such file or directory: /mnt/hdinstall/etc/knoppix/install-configuration
or
or EXT3-fs error: inode out of bounds....
plus other lines of errors. Sometimes installation will stop competely, other times it will finish despite the errors. On the times when it does complete, I try to reboot using LILO, but just get a flashing cursor.
I tested the installation CD using "knoppix testcd" before installation and it matched the md5sum., so the disk seems to be OK.
Is anyone able to get knoppix-installer to work completely without any error messages? Any suggestions on what else I can do??? I'm getting very frustrated.