T Korte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Have you tried installing and avoiding using the cylinder 0, currently this
> > causes problems, as on reboot the MBR is blanked and the partition table lost.
> >
> > So if you can delete te first partition and recreate it.
> >
> > Fran�ois.
>
> Is there a cylinder offset selection in DiskDrake? I can't recall seeing one
> but then again I wasn't looking for one either. I know that on the RH6.2
> install it asks where you want to install SILO - in the MBR or on the first
> sector of the boot disk were the choices I think. Would I be correct assuming
> that this is related? I belive I choose MBR for RH6.2 but it still worked.
For instance there are no MBR or first sector choices, this is always the first
sector of the boot disk and cylinder 0 should not be used. Using cylinder 0 causes
troubles and this force using the first sector for installation.
>
> Another concern for booting may be the eprom setup. When I installed RH6.2 it
> put a "linux" setting in my eprom. Luckily I wrote it down during the install:
> Prom alias
> linux /sbus/SUNW,fas/sd@0,0:a
>
> Would this cause a problem if it was still in the eprom when I installed
> Mandrake, or does Mandrake deal with it? For that matter, does Mandrake
> program the eprom at all? I can always reset the eprom to factory defaults
> before I install Mandrake if necessary, but if that is the case then a person
> would have to know to do so beforehand and it should be included in the
> installer to make the installer complete. One would hate to do a full install
> only to realize that you forgot to reset the eprom as the first step and so all
> of your time was wasted.
Currently there is no write into the eprom.
>
> Perhaps on the same screen where you configure SILO you could also have eprom
> setting selections and so on.
>
> Another problem that I recall having was that during one of the installations
> that I tried (unfortunately I can't remember which type anymore) involved X
> configuration. Things installed off of the first CD, then off of the second CD,
> but when the installer went to load the X server the second CD was still in the
> drive and it complained that it couldn't find the file. I think the install
> exited at that point but I'm not sure. After that I'm pretty sure that I left
> the second CD unchecked everytime it asked if I had it - the problem didn't
> reoccur and I saw it successfully load the X server.
>
> I'd like to hear some suggestions about the MBR/cylinder issue and the eprom
> issue before I try another install. If it's a combination of the two then I
> might be trying a lot of different installs with no luck. When I can proceed
> with at least a good guess at what to do for both items hen that should
> hopefully narrow the number of installs down to just a few.
There is a problem, if you use the cylinder 0 for an existing partition table,
you can reuse it when installing, but the system will not be able to reboot.
So to test, you have to delete it and recreate it (cylinder 0 will not be used by
this way, choose expert mode to see it using diskdrake). This is really a nasty
things we are working on.
>
> Thanks for the replies, I'm really impressed!
Thanks you, too,
> Tom Korte
Fran�ois.
