Configure Swap before FTP install ...
Hello all, I am in need of some Newbie help. I am currently trying to install SuSE 8.2 via FTP. Here are my system specs. PROC: Pentium 120 RAM: 64 MB Primary IDE Master: 4.1 GB Secondary IDE Master: 1.2 GB Secondary IDE Slave: 4.1 GB Since I have no CD ROM I have downloaded the images and made the floppies (bootdisk and modules1, modules2, modules3, and modules4. I have booted the system, configured the network card and and got to the ftp server to install when the I get a message that I do not have enough memory and I need to show where the message that I need SWAP space in order to continue pops up. How do I create swap space on the drive? I am planning to use the entire 1.2 GB drive (/dev/hdc ?) for swap space. What do I need to use in order to get this set up before I get to the point of install? Thanks in advance, Thinker
During the install (though not sure about ftp install) it will give you the option of partitioning you hard drives. At this point it usually offers you a sensible suggested partitioning scheme. If you're going to use all of the hard drives for linux this should be quite straight forward. Just tell the installation that you want to use all of each drive and it should then offer a recommended partitioning scheme. It will probably suggest a swap partition of 128MB (usually swap is twice RAM). If it doesn't then you might want to try your hand at a manual partitioning scheme, in which case just set up /dev/hda1 as swap with 128MB, and /dev/hda2 as / (that's root) to use the rest of the space on the disks. This is the simplest set up that I can think of in any case and probably quite satisfactory for a newbie. HTH; sol ThinKer wrote:
Hello all,
I am in need of some Newbie help. I am currently trying to install SuSE 8.2 via FTP.
Here are my system specs.
PROC: Pentium 120 RAM: 64 MB
Primary IDE Master: 4.1 GB Secondary IDE Master: 1.2 GB Secondary IDE Slave: 4.1 GB
Since I have no CD ROM I have downloaded the images and made the floppies (bootdisk and modules1, modules2, modules3, and modules4. I have booted the system, configured the network card and and got to the ftp server to install when the I get a message that I do not have enough memory and I need to show where the message that I need SWAP space in order to continue pops up. How do I create swap space on the drive? I am planning to use the entire 1.2 GB drive (/dev/hdc ?) for swap space. What do I need to use in order to get this set up before I get to the point of install?
Thanks in advance,
Thinker
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On Sun, 2003-07-27 at 10:29, Sol wrote:
During the install (though not sure about ftp install) it will give you the option of partitioning you hard drives.
I think my problem is that on this installation you have to have RAM than I have on my machine. According to ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/current/README.FTP "You need at least 96MB main memory. To install on a machine with less memory a (linux) swap partition is necessary." So I need to find a way to have a swap partition set up -before- I attempt to do the FTP install, or the install will fail. As I said, I have the bootdisk and modules1-4 already. I would think there would be another disk image I could download and install to run a disk partitioner before I do the install? Thinker
At this point it usually offers you a sensible suggested partitioning scheme. If you're going to use all of the hard drives for linux this should be quite straight forward. Just tell the installation that you want to use all of each drive and it should then offer a recommended partitioning scheme. It will probably suggest a swap partition of 128MB (usually swap is twice RAM). If it doesn't then you might want to try your hand at a manual partitioning scheme, in which case just set up /dev/hda1 as swap with 128MB, and /dev/hda2 as / (that's root) to use the rest of the space on the disks. This is the simplest set up that I can think of in any case and probably quite satisfactory for a newbie.
HTH; sol
ThinKer wrote:
Hello all,
I am in need of some Newbie help. I am currently trying to install SuSE 8.2 via FTP.
Here are my system specs.
PROC: Pentium 120 RAM: 64 MB
Primary IDE Master: 4.1 GB Secondary IDE Master: 1.2 GB Secondary IDE Slave: 4.1 GB
Since I have no CD ROM I have downloaded the images and made the floppies (bootdisk and modules1, modules2, modules3, and modules4. I have booted the system, configured the network card and and got to the ftp server to install when the I get a message that I do not have enough memory and I need to show where the message that I need SWAP space in order to continue pops up. How do I create swap space on the drive? I am planning to use the entire 1.2 GB drive (/dev/hdc ?) for swap space. What do I need to use in order to get this set up before I get to the point of install?
Thanks in advance,
Thinker
On Sun, 2003-07-27 at 20:30, ThinKer wrote:
As I said, I have the bootdisk and modules1-4 already. I would think there would be another disk image I could download and install to run a disk partitioner before I do the install?
When you get to the YaST screen, you can do ctrl-alt-f1 (or f2 or f3 etc) and get to a text console. From there you can do fdisk and mkswap.
Pressing ctrl-alt-f1 f2 or f3 at the install screen did not work. Nothing happened at all. What I see on the install screen is as follows. Boot from Harddisk Installation Installation -ACPI Disabled Installation -Safe Settings Manual Installation and Rescue System Then theres 'boot options' below that with a text box for input under it. Across the bottom theres F1 HELP, F2 Video mode (640x480) F3 Driver Update. Everything I have tried to do so far has required me to load the kernel from the bootdisk and modules1. Then I get bounced into Manual Installation, in which I can configure my network card and network settings for DHCP. After that, its the IP of the FTP server and the location of the installation - and the prompt "not enough memory, please give the path to swap'. Still stuck and looking for options, Thanks Thinker. On Sun, 2003-07-27 at 14:39, Anders Johansson wrote:
On Sun, 2003-07-27 at 20:30, ThinKer wrote:
As I said, I have the bootdisk and modules1-4 already. I would think there would be another disk image I could download and install to run a disk partitioner before I do the install?
When you get to the YaST screen, you can do ctrl-alt-f1 (or f2 or f3 etc) and get to a text console. From there you can do fdisk and mkswap.
On Sun, 2003-07-27 at 21:04, ThinKer wrote:
Pressing ctrl-alt-f1 f2 or f3 at the install screen did not work. Nothing happened at all. What I see on the install screen is as follows.
Boot from Harddisk Installation Installation -ACPI Disabled Installation -Safe Settings Manual Installation and Rescue System
I didn't mean that early. I meant once the installation program started. But boot into the rescue system. From there you can do all you need to set up partitions and swap.
I tried to boot into the rescue system. The machine Started to load Linux Kernel from the bootdisk and modules1, then it with to a screen that says 'Linuxrc v1.4 (Kernel 2.4.20-4GB) (c) 1996-2003 SuSE Linux AG' across the top and a big red dialog box in the middle that says 'Could not find the SuSE Linux Installation CD. Activating manual setup program' with the only option being to press enter for OK. Then you choose a language then a keyboard map. I am sitting here now looking at the install screen. I have no idea what to do. Thinker On Sun, 2003-07-27 at 15:18, Anders Johansson wrote:
On Sun, 2003-07-27 at 21:04, ThinKer wrote:
Pressing ctrl-alt-f1 f2 or f3 at the install screen did not work. Nothing happened at all. What I see on the install screen is as follows.
Boot from Harddisk Installation Installation -ACPI Disabled Installation -Safe Settings Manual Installation and Rescue System
I didn't mean that early. I meant once the installation program started.
But boot into the rescue system. From there you can do all you need to set up partitions and swap.
On Sun, 2003-07-27 at 21:36, ThinKer wrote:
I tried to boot into the rescue system. The machine Started to load Linux Kernel from the bootdisk and modules1, then it with to a screen that says 'Linuxrc v1.4 (Kernel 2.4.20-4GB) (c) 1996-2003 SuSE Linux AG' across the top and a big red dialog box in the middle that says 'Could not find the SuSE Linux Installation CD. Activating manual setup program' with the only option being to press enter for OK. Then you choose a language then a keyboard map.
Yeah, I was wrong. Get the floppy named rescuefloppy from the boot/ directory and boot from that. That should get you a rescue system where you can fdisk and mkswap.
Posted for those following the thread. Anders has helped me to configure the swap using the rescuefloppy and fdisk. I was then able to go to the ftp server and start the install. Now, I am sitting here looking at a back screen with what looks like a small watch on it. I cant f2 or ctrl+alt+f2 to anything useful it seems. Have I done something else wrong? Has anyone successfully installed 8.2 via this method? Thanks, Thinker On Sun, 2003-07-27 at 15:59, Anders Johansson wrote:
On Sun, 2003-07-27 at 21:36, ThinKer wrote:
I tried to boot into the rescue system. The machine Started to load Linux Kernel from the bootdisk and modules1, then it with to a screen that says 'Linuxrc v1.4 (Kernel 2.4.20-4GB) (c) 1996-2003 SuSE Linux AG' across the top and a big red dialog box in the middle that says 'Could not find the SuSE Linux Installation CD. Activating manual setup program' with the only option being to press enter for OK. Then you choose a language then a keyboard map.
Yeah, I was wrong. Get the floppy named rescuefloppy from the boot/ directory and boot from that. That should get you a rescue system where you can fdisk and mkswap.
I just ran the installation again to see if maybe something had messed up in the transisiton from the FTP server. I got the same result, however, 1. I was able to type 'ctrl+alt+f2' and get a shell, at which I typed 'ls' and got ... bin boot content dev etc kdb lib lib64 linuxrc linuxrc.config media mnt modules mounts oldroot opt proc root sbin tmp usr var 2. when I type 'ctrl+alt+f6' I get ... XFree 86 Version 4.3.0 Release Date: 27 February 2003 x Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6 Build Operating System: SuSE Linux [ELF] SuSE Build Date: 29 March 2003 Could not init font path element /usr/x11R6/lib/X11/fonts/URW/, removing from list! Any suggestions? Thinker On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 13:44, ThinKer wrote:
Posted for those following the thread.
Anders has helped me to configure the swap using the rescuefloppy and fdisk. I was then able to go to the ftp server and start the install.
Now, I am sitting here looking at a back screen with what looks like a small watch on it. I cant f2 or ctrl+alt+f2 to anything useful it seems.
Have I done something else wrong? Has anyone successfully installed 8.2 via this method?
Thanks,
Thinker
On Sun, 2003-07-27 at 15:59, Anders Johansson wrote:
On Sun, 2003-07-27 at 21:36, ThinKer wrote:
I tried to boot into the rescue system. The machine Started to load Linux Kernel from the bootdisk and modules1, then it with to a screen that says 'Linuxrc v1.4 (Kernel 2.4.20-4GB) (c) 1996-2003 SuSE Linux AG' across the top and a big red dialog box in the middle that says 'Could not find the SuSE Linux Installation CD. Activating manual setup program' with the only option being to press enter for OK. Then you choose a language then a keyboard map.
Yeah, I was wrong. Get the floppy named rescuefloppy from the boot/ directory and boot from that. That should get you a rescue system where you can fdisk and mkswap.
On Tue, 2003-07-29 at 00:37, ThinKer wrote:
I just ran the installation again to see if maybe something had messed up in the transisiton from the FTP server. I got the same result, however,
1. I was able to type 'ctrl+alt+f2' and get a shell, at which I typed 'ls' and got ...
bin boot content dev etc kdb lib lib64 linuxrc linuxrc.config media mnt modules mounts oldroot opt proc root sbin tmp usr var
2. when I type 'ctrl+alt+f6' I get ...
XFree 86 Version 4.3.0 Release Date: 27 February 2003 x Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6 Build Operating System: SuSE Linux [ELF] SuSE Build Date: 29 March 2003 Could not init font path element /usr/x11R6/lib/X11/fonts/URW/, removing from list!
Any suggestions?
The grey background with the little clock you mentioned is X trying to start up. Unfortunately, the above isn't a really good error message, it just means that X couldn't find a font directory, which I wouldn't think would cause it to just hang. The best I can think of is switching to ctrl-alt-f10, where the system log messages are printed, and seeing if there are any of relevance
ctrl+alt+f10 gives me ... Locale=en_US Sourcemounted=0 Display=Color Floppydisk=/dev/fd0 YaST2update=0 YaST2Serial=0 Textmode=0 Keyboard=1 Netdevice=eth0 IP=192.168.1.101 Netmask=255.255.255.0 Gateway=192.168.1.1 Nameserver=207.203.159.252 Server=130.207.108.134 Serverdir=/pub/suse/suse/i386/current Lang=en_US.UTF=8 XServer=trident XVersion=4 XBusID=0:11:0 XkbRules=xfree86 XkbModel=pc104 HasPCMCIA=0 VNC=0 UseSSH=0 On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 19:52, Anders Johansson wrote:
On Tue, 2003-07-29 at 00:37, ThinKer wrote:
I just ran the installation again to see if maybe something had messed up in the transisiton from the FTP server. I got the same result, however,
1. I was able to type 'ctrl+alt+f2' and get a shell, at which I typed 'ls' and got ...
bin boot content dev etc kdb lib lib64 linuxrc linuxrc.config media mnt modules mounts oldroot opt proc root sbin tmp usr var
2. when I type 'ctrl+alt+f6' I get ...
XFree 86 Version 4.3.0 Release Date: 27 February 2003 x Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6 Build Operating System: SuSE Linux [ELF] SuSE Build Date: 29 March 2003 Could not init font path element /usr/x11R6/lib/X11/fonts/URW/, removing from list!
Any suggestions?
The grey background with the little clock you mentioned is X trying to start up. Unfortunately, the above isn't a really good error message, it just means that X couldn't find a font directory, which I wouldn't think would cause it to just hang.
The best I can think of is switching to ctrl-alt-f10, where the system log messages are printed, and seeing if there are any of relevance
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