[plug] Mandrake 7.2 install hassles

[Dennis Plester]

I did retry the install, but I have kept getting the same "no boot loader,
no kernel image and not opportunity to make a boot floppy" bug consistently.

Dennis.


	-----Original Message-----
	From:	wvovil at fundi.com.au [SMTP:wvovil at fundi.com.au]
	Sent:	Friday, 10 November 2000 10:53
	To:	plug at plug.linux.org.au
	Subject:	Re: [plug] Mandrake 7.2 install hassles




	Hi

	Did you see my email of my experiences?

	I noticed also that upon subsequent attempts at installing that
errors
	encountered on one install didn't reappear in further attempts. For
example I
	got an error dealing with True Type Fonts; but when I reinstalled it
didn't
	occur again. So give it another go.

	Wayne




	Dennis Plester <dennisp at tiwest.com.au> on 09/11/2000 14:53:05

	Please respond to plug at plug.linux.org.au

	To:   'plug' <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
	cc:    (bcc: Wayne J Vovil/FUNDI)

	Subject:  [plug] Mandrake 7.2 install hassles




	I had a go at installing Mandrake 7.2 last night, opting to go for a
fresh
	install, after the upgrade option was very, very, very slow.

	When the install got to the "install boot loader" stage, it came up
with an
	error message which I can't remember now (something like invalid
value
	error) and then it skipped on to the next part of the install
routine. It
	would not let me go back to boot loader section for love or money.
Why this
	happened, I don't know, but I suspect that the Linux hard disk
partitions
	are full.

	So as far as I know, I now have a Mandrake 7.2 system ready to fire,
but no
	grub or LILO set up. Is there an easy way to get the install
bootloader
	section to do its thing by itself without going through the install
again?
	My system has Win98 in the primary partition, which also wouldn't
boot after
	the Mandrake install. I got that back via a system disk. Is there an
easy
	way to get to the new Mandrake install, and confirm that it actually
works?
	I know I could probably set up a LILO config from scratch, but that
would be
	pushing my limited Linux skills.

	Thanks in advance,


	Dennis.