> 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.