Re: Partition problems

[http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (robert)]

 > From: Keith McDuffee <http://www.cns.bu.edu/~keithm>
 > Date: Mon  Mar  3,  3:58pm
 >
 > I'm attempting to install the latest Linux (Slackware 3.1) on a Dell
 > OptiPlex Pro with an Adaptec 2940UW SCSI controller.  I just got the
 > system with Windows NT 4.0 pre-installed on it, so I had to repartition
 > the drive using 'defrag' and the 'fips', which seemed to work fine.
 > 
 > Next I created a Linux bootdisk with the 'aha2x4x.s' image supplied on
 > the Slackware CD-ROM, and then created a root disk with the 'text.gz'
 > image (the 'color.gz' mage didn't work for some reason).  When the
 > system finally booted, I used 'fdisk' to make the second partion a Linux
 > native partition.
 > 
 > So now when I boot from the Linux boot/root floppy and try to run
 > 'setup', the program continually complains about running out of disk
 > space on '/mnt', yet the partition I made is over 1 gig!  From what I
 > can tell, the bootup never mounts the Linux partition (/dev/sda2) at
 > /mnt.  I try mounting manually with 'mount /dev/sda2 /mnt', yet it says
 > that there is no such device.  It certainly sees this partition at boot
 > time, though.
 > 
 > Am I right in assuming that this partition is supposed to be mounted at
 > /mnt before installation proceeds and that the reason it is saying the
 > disk is full is because it's trying to write to the floppy?
 > 
 > Please e-mail responses, thanks!
 > 
 > Keith McDuffee
 > http://www.cns.bu.edu/~keithm

Hi.  Did you work out this problem?  I'm planning to try the defrag/fips for
my Windows NT installation, but I'd like to make sure I know the pitfalls
before I begin.

Thanks.