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Will Kemp wrote:

> 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!
> 
> 
> 
Sandgroper's HOWTO is good, but it seems to assume that everything is there. 
If /boot/grub exists and contains the right files, I can manage.  But /boot
does not contain a grub/ folder, only the kenel files.  Following info
grub, I copied all the files across from /usr/lib, but no dice.

I was running it on some extra space on my Mandriva system.  I have
currently taken it off and put Mandriva 2009 rc2 there.

I had trouble with Suse 9 getting it to recognise my recent model CD drive,
and with Mandriva before 2008.1 to recognize the NIC on my motherboard, so
certainly new hardware can be a problem.

Doug.
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