From: Ed Carp (erc@apple.com)
Date: 08/05/93 

From: erc@apple.com (Ed Carp)
Subject: Re: Problem with "complete" installation of YGGDRASIL CD
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1993 22:24:36 GMT

Alex H. McKenzie (AM0776A@auvm.american.edu) wrote:
: Like some others, Im also having problems installing the YGGDRASIL CD's
: "complete" option.

: Partition check:
: hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4
: XENIX-fs: magic match failed
: MINIX-fs magic match failed
: Linux version 0.99.pl7A-16 (root&yggdrasil.com) 03/29/93 03:43:35

Looks like it's only looking for a XENIX or MINOX root fs, but...

: Apparently, the kernel chokes when mounting filesystems. Since Im doing
: a "complete" install, the root file system is created using the mkefs command,
: such as:
: mkefs -c /dev/hda2

Here you're making an ext fs! BTW, the ext2 fs is more stable and faster than
the old ext fs. 

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