Re: Frozen after Setup Swap Space-/RedHat Installation

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From: David Jeffers
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 00:00

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In article <33AE26C5.30C8@bavc.org>, Karen Weiner wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I'm installing RedHat 4.2. The setup freezes right after
>the setup for the swap partition. I am selecting
>the options to setup and verify, hit OK, I see the
>indication bar filling up, then it disapears and I go 
>to the background screen displaying only what I believe is
>the number corresponding to the step for the installation: 6A
>
>Hardware:
>P133
>1.27 GIG Seagate Internal HD (IDE)
>Installing 4.2 with original boot floppy and CD.
>
>my partitioning map:
>temp/hda1	/	80MB	Linux Native
>temp/hda2	/usr	500MB	Linux Native
>temp/hda3	/home	620MB	Linux Native
>temp/hda4	swap	16MB	Linux Swap
>

 This seems too obvious but your "temp/hda*" above
 can never boot. Should be "/dev/hda*". 

 Reread the partitioning instructions.....

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From: jeffers@jeffers.redrose.net (David Jeffers)
Subject: Re: Frozen after Setup Swap Space-/RedHat Installation
Date: 1997/06/23
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