Hey there I am running windows xp on a AMD 1800+ w/ 512 MB DDR RAM. Anyways I have this silly problem. I installed VMWare workstation 3.1 to I can test out other OS's at the same time while working in windows. Anyway I never used Mandrake before so I thought I would give er a try. I downloaded 9.0 from on of the mirror servers and then burned the iso's and everything went smooth. Once I get started the installation, I can get through all the steps except I keep running into a problem once i get to the partitioning and formatting. I can manually partition the virtual sda1 no problem but when I go to write I keep getting this error that says "An error occured, ext2 formatting of sda1 failed". Weird enough I selected ext3 or others and I still get the same error everytime and then of course it just tells me to reboot and then I have to start all over again. Anyone here used VMWare or have some helpful tips for this situation cause seems pretty silly to me when you can't install Mandrake....this is like kindergarden where the thing just takes your hand and carries you through the whole process. Anyways just thought I would ask incase there is something I am forgetting or missing here.
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VMWare 3.1 and Mandrake
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If you can, try changing terminals (using alt+F keys or using CTRL+ALT+F keys). If that's possible, then manually try a format. the command is
mkfs.ext2 /dev/sda1
See what the error is, by either watching the error spat out by mkfs.ext2 or do a command
dmesg | less
and copy the output here. Be aware that less might not be usable. In that case, the bottom viewable lines will do.
Still, if this situation is persistant, it might warrant a bug report to VMware (unless you're using warez).
Another possibility is that your cd's were corrupted in the downloading process. Find a program that can derive a md5 from a file and compare the md5 that mandrake posts and your md5. If they arent exactly the same, delete the image and start again.
mkfs.ext2 /dev/sda1
See what the error is, by either watching the error spat out by mkfs.ext2 or do a command
dmesg | less
and copy the output here. Be aware that less might not be usable. In that case, the bottom viewable lines will do.
Still, if this situation is persistant, it might warrant a bug report to VMware (unless you're using warez).
Another possibility is that your cd's were corrupted in the downloading process. Find a program that can derive a md5 from a file and compare the md5 that mandrake posts and your md5. If they arent exactly the same, delete the image and start again.
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