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Article #875Re: Ubuntu Hardy - no bootloader
From: Sandgroper
Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:52
Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:52
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"Will Kemp" <will@xxxx.swaggie.net> wrote in message news:7mDGk.193$933.36@newsfe25.ams2... > Sandgroper wrote: >> "Doug Laidlaw" <doug@dougshost.invalid> wrote in message >> news:mrvpr5-pnr.ln1@dougshost.douglaidlaw.net... >>> Sandgroper wrote: >>> I have separate partitions for / and /home, and re-use my Mandriva swap >>> partition. >>> >> >> If you are re-using the Mandriva swap partition , then I would be looking >> closely on how you have set that up during the Hardy installation. >> Did you format the existing swap partition during the installation ? > > It wouldn't make the slightest bit of difference either way. Nothing's > stored on the swap partition between boots. > My thinking is that reformatting the existing swap partition may somehow stuff the Hardy installation for some reason. As you may know , with linux , any small thing/problem/error can cause quite a few odd side effects that is very hard to track down. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naked DSL ? No thanks , I like to wear clothes when I use my computer Sandgroper ------------------------------------ Remove KNICKERS to Email woodbudgie@KNICKERSgmail.com
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X-Google-Thread: 102983,a8a48f0cd5b18bf2 X-Google-Attributes: gid102983,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!g2news1.google.com!news4.google.com!fu-berlin.de!newsfeed.iinet.net.au!newsfeed.iinet.net.au!per-qv1-newsstorage1.iinet.net.au!per-qv1-newsstorage1.iinet.net.au!per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au!not-for-mail From: "Sandgroper" <woodbudgie@KNICKERSgmail.com> Newsgroups: aus.computers.linux References: <ottor5-11r.ln1@dougshost.douglaidlaw.net> <48e9d71d$0$22595$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au> <mrvpr5-pnr.ln1@dougshost.douglaidlaw.net> <48eab4a1$0$22592$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au> <7mDGk.193$933.36@newsfe25.ams2> Subject: Re: Ubuntu Hardy - no bootloader Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 14:52:51 +0800 Organization: Emu Bitter Country Club ( Wembley ) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3350 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Response Lines: 36 Message-ID: <48eb072b$0$22550$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: 124.169.88.3 X-Trace: 1223362347 per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au 22550 124.169.88.3