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Operating Systems => Linux and UNIX => Topic started by: Annorax on 10 August 2003, 10:35

Title: Mandrake 9.1 install problems...
Post by: Annorax on 10 August 2003, 10:35
I'm trying to install Mandrake 9.1 on my PC... 1.7ghz Celeron, 256mb ram, 40gb hd... The installer gives me a "signal 4" error, then unmounts everything and tells me to reboot...

Win98 is currently installed, and I'd like to make the machine dual bootable (don't ask, my sisters actually like Cumguzlersoft stuff...)

This is something I'd expect from Borg shit... how can I correct this problem and finally liberate my machine from the Collective?

Thank you all...
Title: Mandrake 9.1 install problems...
Post by: suselinux on 10 August 2003, 15:03
Im sorry I can't help, but If I may Id like to add to this thread:

Can Mandrake be installed without the install automatically installing a boot loader?

[ August 10, 2003: Message edited by: suselinux ]

Title: Mandrake 9.1 install problems...
Post by: emh on 11 August 2003, 20:08
quote:
Originally posted by Annorax: Temporal Enigma:
[QB]I'm trying to install Mandrake 9.1 on my PC... 1.7ghz Celeron, 256mb ram, 40gb hd... The installer gives me a "signal 4" error, then unmounts everything and tells me to reboot...



About when do you get this error?

You might also think about posting your question here:

http://www.mandrakeusers.org (http://www.mandrakeusers.org)

Lots of helpful people there.  (I'm not saying there aren't helpful people here, but at that site there are lots of people that know Mandrake like the backs of their hands.)
Title: Mandrake 9.1 install problems...
Post by: st1d on 13 August 2003, 21:21
quote:
Originally posted by suselinux:
Im sorry I can't help, but If I may Id like to add to this thread:

Can Mandrake be installed without the install automatically installing a boot loader?

[ August 10, 2003: Message edited by: suselinux ]



yes, you can install it and then have it write a boot disk to access you linux partitions.  That operation is built into the install.
Title: Mandrake 9.1 install problems...
Post by: insmod_ex on 14 August 2003, 01:35
You may have downloaded an ISO but it got corrupted, md5sum it.  For more info on that, http://www.google.com. (http://www.google.com.)  And as for the Mandrake w/ no bootloader, its possible.