On Thu, 30 May 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi All, > > Please pardon if this has been asked before. I have searched but just not > found the answer. > > I am trying to install a vanilla instance of potato on an old Gateway > Laptop (P150 MMX) and a 2 Gig HD. The machine had a previous RedHat 5.2 > installation. > > I boot with a floppy created with the sbm.bin file and then have it boot > Debian from the CD-ROM. I step through the configuration steps and have > set up a completely new partition table. > > 10 M to boot > 256 M to swap (only 128 MB RAM) > 1903 M to / > > I save the partition table and then move to initialize the swap partition. > I tell the install to check for bad blocks and proceed. Immediately > thereafter the screen displays a message "Initializing swap partition . . > ." and appears to freeze. > > Any suggestions?
It's probably not hanging. Doing the bad blocks-check takes a while, and no progress output is shown. How long did you wait? -- wouter dot verhelst at advalvas dot be "Human knowledge belongs to the world" -- From the movie "Antitrust" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
