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Article #876Re: Ubuntu Hardy - no bootloader
From: Will Kemp
Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:20
Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:20
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Sandgroper wrote: > "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. Ah, i see. Yeah, i can imagine that. Not so much the reformatting itself - unless they've inexplicably managed to stuff that process up - but i can see that selecting that option could include a bug in the installation system that doesn't get included if you don't. > 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. That seems particularly true with installation software! -- http://SnapAndScribble.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!news1.google.com!eweka.nl!lightspeed.eweka.nl!195.114.241.69.MISMATCH!feeder.news-service.com!69.16.177.246.MISMATCH!cyclone03.ams.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!npeersf01.ams.highwinds-media.com!newsfe14.ams2.POSTED!7564ea0f!not-for-mail From: Will Kemp <will@xxxx.swaggie.net> User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (X11/20080723) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: aus.computers.linux Subject: Re: Ubuntu Hardy - no bootloader 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> <48eb072b$0$22550$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au> In-Reply-To: <48eb072b$0$22550$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 33 Message-ID: <45EGk.8327$dG5.4199@newsfe14.ams2> NNTP-Posting-Host: 81.100.16.92 X-Complaints-To: http://netreport.virginmedia.com X-Trace: newsfe14.ams2 1223364032 81.100.16.92 (Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:20:32 UTC) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:20:32 UTC Organization: virginmedia.com Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:20:32 +0100