cp: will not create hard link

**emanuelez** · 03-28-2003, 09:25 PM

i have this problem traying to install knoppix 3.2 on my HDD.
the knx-hddinstall works great but when it copies files from cd to hdd i gives the error on the title about 15 times at 3% of the installation.
after that the installation goes on without anyother problem but when i reboot and try my hdd installation the kernel gets into panic

any hint?

**Fabianx** · 03-28-2003, 09:30 PM

Dunno exactly, but error messages almost ever come from bad media or from bad memory ...

You could try to start knoppix with "testcd" as cheatcode and see if all goes well. Also try to check the md5 of the image you used if possible.

cu

Fabian

**emanuelez** · 03-28-2003, 09:33 PM

thx for the fast reply!
md5 is ok... i checked it before burning the cd.
i will try this check cd tip.
it is like: knoppix testcd
at lilo boot, right?

**emanuelez** · 03-28-2003, 09:57 PM

i tried the testcd option. the cd was checked and no error messages appeared.
any other hint?

**rickenbacherus** · 03-28-2003, 10:07 PM

Originally Posted by emanuelez

i have this problem traying to install knoppix 3.2 on my HDD.
the knx-hddinstall works great but when it copies files from cd to hdd i gives the error on the title about 15 times at 3% of the installation.
after that the installation goes on without anyother problem but when i reboot and try my hdd installation the kernel gets into panic

any hint?

I have had trouble trying to format with 'xfs'. The install wouldn't complete. Also as Fabianx mentioned I have seen Knoppix do all sorts of weird things because of bad or cheap RAM.
Are you installing LILO to the MBR?
Will it boot with the floppy or do you get a kernel panic that way too?
Just a few ideas.

**emanuelez** · 03-28-2003, 10:22 PM

i just tried booting from the floppy and it gives the same problem.
lilo is installed on MBR but it works great.
the kernel goes into manic cause it can't mount root fs

i istalled knoppix 3.1 many times on this same computer and it works great. too bad it didn't support journaled filesystems!

**rickenbacherus** · 03-28-2003, 10:34 PM

Originally Posted by emanuelez

too bad it didn't support journaled filesystems!

ext3 is a journalized file system and that's what I use.

**emanuelez** · 03-28-2003, 10:44 PM

does knoppix 3.1 really support ext3?
i tried to install it and i thought i did it properly (also changed fstab) but it acted like a ext2... and a voltage loss was fatal to my system. i bet ext3 would have survived to it

**rickenbacherus** · 03-28-2003, 10:47 PM

Originally Posted by emanuelez

does knoppix 3.1 really support ext3?
i tried to install it and i thought i did it properly (also changed fstab) but it acted like a ext2... and a voltage loss was fatal to my system. i bet ext3 would have survived to it

I use ext3 no problems - I couldn't comment one way or the other about the voltage loss. What happened - standard power outage or did a squirrel get into a transformer?