[plug] Mandrake 7.2 Problems

[Matthew McGinley]

Daniel wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> i've just joined the mailing list and was wondering whether anyone 
> might be able to help me with installing Mandrake 7.2.  I can get all 
> the way up to the part where it formats the partitions, it manages to 
> format the swap file but when it comes to the root partition it just 
> sits there, it doesn't freeze up or anything like that and it seems to 
> be like it's doing something, but i've left it there for over 6 hours 
> and it never seems to pass that point.  Any suggestions???  i'm trying 
> to install it on a 686 with 32mb RAM, 48x CD an 10GB hard drive.
> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> Dan
> 
> 
> 
> 
My suggestion is to use something like Partition Magic to partition them 
& format them, then try installing it, when it comes to the part where 
it lets you format, just dont format it.

Matt