On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 08:16:47AM -0800, Cheryl L. Southard wrote: > Hi, > > I tried the really short partition name, /solaris, and it still bombs. > Here's the error message: > > Could not allocate requested partitions: > Partitioning failed: Could not allocate partitions. > Press OK to reboot your system. > > Anyone else know why this doesn't work? Can you add a small /boot partition ~48 MB? YMMV but under rh71 on my 20GB HD, ananconda wanted to have a /boot partition below 1024 cyl <from my ks.cfg> zerombr yes clearpart --all # issue here if more than 2 ext2 parition # ananconda wants to have a /boot partition below 1024 cyl. part /boot --size 128 part / --size 4096 part swap --size 2047 lilo --location mbr Tru
