On Monday 31 March 2008 17:49:59 Andrew Farris wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > > I tried to install the Fedora 9 Beta (CD version) onto the ancient laptop > > that serves as my tester. The problem started when I got to the > > partitioning. > > > > The drive in question is small, with and existing install of Mandriva > > using hda5 for / and hda6 for /home. The choices do not seem to include > > an option to keep the partitions, simply reformatting one or both, so I > > tried the custom partitioning. It asked me where I wanted to install, > > but simply offered hda. I don't remember clearly (I'll check later if > > necessary) but I think there was an Advanced button or similar. I hit > > that and got an exception fault. Of course the network is not set up at > > that point, so sening it anywhere is out of the question. Nor could it > > be saved, as inserting a usb stick is not recognised at that point. > > > > I then started afresh, with a usb stick in place at bootup. Sure enough > > it was offered as one of the available disks. However, it was still > > impossible to save the bug report to the stick. > > > > 1 - I'm greatly concerned that it didn't appear to see the existing > > partitions. > > > > 2 - is there any way at all that I could have captured that output? > > If you insert a usb drive you can then go to VT2 and mount it manually > (mkdir, mount) and copy any output, logs, etc, to the flash drive. > I didn't think that would be an option, so early in the process. OK - I've just downloaded the LiveCD. I won't get to install it tonight, but I'll try it tomorrow, and have the flash drive ready. Anne
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