So how much space should I give to each of the mount points with a 20 gig disk, 512 mb RAM, and intended server use? > -----Original Message----- > From: tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org > [mailto:tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Doug Hanson > Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 8:42 PM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Crash while formatting home > > > "I used the Western Digital EZ-Drive utility to partition the disk.' > > This may be your problem. It writes to the a signature to the MBR. Try > Fdisk and see if you can blow it away. > > Doug > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Blevins" <dmblevins at mediaone.net> > To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 7:51 PM > Subject: [TCLUG] Crash while formatting home > > > > I've been cutting my sysadmin teeth for two days now. I got my old P133 > > back from a friend and decided to make one more attempt at putting Linux > at > > the center of my network. I had RH 6.1 on the P133 at one time, but > > X-Windows ran really slowly. > > > > This time, I'm moving my Win2k Pro to the 133 freeing up a P > 700 for good > > ol' Red Hat. > > > > I've got everything moved and changed, all the disk switched > etc. and the > > Win2k box up and running. Now I am installing Red Hat 7.1 and... > > > > It keeps crashing each time the installer gets to the formatting stage. > The > > very last thing I see is 'Formatting /home filesystem', then it just > hangs. > > > > Info: > > Doing a 'Server' install. > > Taking all the package groups. > > I have a new 20 gig hard disk that I prepared with one large Fat32 > > partition. I tried to install when the disk was fresh but got an error > > early on in the install process saying 'No partitions to install on' or > > something. > > I used the Western Digital EZ-Drive utility to partition the disk. > > > > > > Any ideas on how to get through or around this? > > > > > > David > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, > Minnesota > > http://www.mn-linux.org > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. > Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list