From: aron@tikal.ced.berkeley.edu (Aron Bonar) Subject: Re: Install Slackware Problem. Date: 3 Oct 1993 23:27:29 GMT
In article <CE96Ao.6DH@sparc15.cs.cuhk.hk>, ccchan@cs.cuhk.hk (Chan Chi Chiu) writes:
|>
|> I've tried to install slackware but failed, here's detail.
|>
|> I've used fdisk in Linux to define Linux Native, Swap partition, then
|> tried 'setup'.
|> After a lot of questions, it seems that it starts copying files, but I
|> always see 'Not enough spaces', 'Directory not exist' something like
|> that.
|> I don't know whether the problem comes from formatting harddisk in the
|> setup process, as it seems that an error messages appear in the process.
|>
|> Can anyone tell me what I should do?
|>
First off...you have to format your swap partition before you run "setup".
Use "mkswap" or something of that nature. It tells you on the screen what
you use. Then run "setup"... and remember you have to have about 90 megs
of space for the complete install.