[olug] slackware ==> suckware

Jonathan Warren thechunk at cox.net
Mon Jan 13 21:19:38 UTC 2003


Are you manually mouting the root during the install?  I run cfdisk and create the partions and then run setup and identify the root partion inside the setup tool.  I have never had a problem like you describe.  Can you give an order of events?

-Jon W

On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 02:56:10PM -0600, neal r wrote:
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>    I've done the install process a couple of times. The default comes up
> with the root partition in read-only mode and doesn't seem to be smart
> enough to return it to read/write after checking it. If I follow the on
> screen advice and 'linux mount root=/dev/hda1 rw' it comes up whining
> about it being in read/write mode.
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>   Can anyone shed light on this? I'm mystified as to what to try next
> ...
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