Re: Frozen after Setup Swap Space-/RedHat Installation

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From: Kenneth R. Crudup
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 00:00

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In article <33AE26C5.30C8@bavc.org>, bavc@bavc.org says:

>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

Check your hard disk actitivy light; RH (at least 4.1) uses a brain-dead way
of filling/creating the swap space (probably "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/<disk>")
and it takes *forever*. I thought it was hung for me, too. Maybe this is
all it is.

	-Kenny

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From: kennyc@world.std.com (Kenneth R. Crudup)
Subject: Re: Frozen after Setup Swap Space-/RedHat Installation
Date: 1997/06/24
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