cannot proceed using knoppix-installer !

[floydian1]

Hey All:

Just trying to get a little ahead of the Linux Learning curve, and I need a little assistance. I'm am trying to install Ver. 3.3 build 11-19-03. My desire is to set up a dual boot environment on the HDD (30 GB Seagate Ultra ATA Drive) I've sucessfully used Qt-parted to give myself some Free space to partition for ROOT (4+GB) and SWAP (700+MB). This is where I run into a problem. I've already set up these partitions (both ext3) and when I "Sudo Knoppix-Installer" the first thing that happens (I'm sure by design) is that QTParted opens to create partitions. From there I get nowhere ! It just stalls and the script doesn't continue. I'm sure it's simple, but being a knewb, I am missing something. The partitions are there already ! how do I get to the point that knoppix-installer asks where to install ? Also I have seen opinions posted re: dual booting and wanted to know if general opinion is that LILO will do a sufficient job from the MBR for Dual booting. I've made it this far and I really don't want to corrupt anything that will prohibit me from Dual Booting.


Thanks for your Valued Input !

[IsaacKuo]

The Swap partition needs to be "swap" type, NOT ext3. The reason your script is stalling is because the program needs a certain amount of RAM+SWAP to run, and there's not enough RAM in your computer to do it alone. If I recall correctly, it needs at least 512megs of RAM+SWAP.

It probably listed this requirement in its popup window explaining what it needed, but your brain didn't process it because you didn't realize your "swap" partition was useless.

Go to QTParted and remove that ext3 "SWAP" partition and create a new partition of type swap. Knoppix will then automatically detect and use this partition--giving it plenty of space to complete the script.

[IsaacKuo]

Oh, go ahead and use LILO and just accept the defaults. I've used it for several dual boot systems (Windows 98/Knoppix), including overwriting older installs (this completely wipes clean the old Linux partition for starting completely fresh; the Windows setup is unaffected).