SuSE Users: During the installation of SuSE Linux 6.1 I get a message: FORMAT ERROR An error ocurred while formatting the filesystem on partition "/dev/hda2". Here is the error message of the ŽformatŽcommand: mke2fs 1.14, 9-Jan-1999 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09 <Continue> I boot from floppy, select English as language, Español as keyborard map, and the free part of disk. This time I decide install DOS before Linux using 2 GB for DOS partition. I have a 450 MHz Pentium III with 128 MB RAM and 12 GB IDE Hard disk. HD Maxtor CYLS 16383 Heads 16 Sectors 63 Model 91303D6 Mother Board: SOYO SY-6VBA133 Video S3 VIRGE/DX ON BOARD QSE4BB Network adapter: 3Com Parallel Tasking II This is the 6th time I try to install, previously I get a hanging state while creating filesystem on /dev/hda2. Can someone help me. Thanks in adv Best regards Yours Ricardo Quest rquest@qsys.com.ar -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
More than likely the drive needs to be replaced. I had similar problems
with a maxtor 13.6G. Is your drive a UDMA 66 and does your mother board
support UDMA 66? I would like to know because I have a theory and would
like some more info before I start spewing nonsense.
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From: Ricardo Quest
SuSE Users:
During the installation of SuSE Linux 6.1 I get a message:
FORMAT ERROR An error ocurred while formatting the filesystem on partition "/dev/hda2". Here is the error message of the ŽformatŽcommand: mke2fs 1.14, 9-Jan-1999 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09 <Continue>
I boot from floppy, select English as language, Español as keyborard map, and the free part of disk. This time I decide install DOS before Linux using 2 GB for DOS partition.
I have a 450 MHz Pentium III with 128 MB RAM and 12 GB IDE Hard disk. HD Maxtor CYLS 16383 Heads 16 Sectors 63 Model 91303D6
Mother Board: SOYO SY-6VBA133
Video S3 VIRGE/DX ON BOARD QSE4BB
Network adapter: 3Com Parallel Tasking II
This is the 6th time I try to install, previously I get a hanging state while creating filesystem on /dev/hda2.
Can someone help me.
Thanks in adv
Best regards
Yours Ricardo Quest rquest@qsys.com.ar
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