[Gloucs] Problem while installing Slackware 8.1

[Jill Tovey]

Bad clusters would definitely be one explanation as to why it might be
going wrong, but if it says they were fixed...

Maybe your hdd has a scratch on or something?
There is a program that looks at this sort of thing I think - so that
you can see what kind of errors there are, but I can't remember the name
of it.


On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 18:29, Alex Craddock wrote:
> First of all I tried using Partition Magic to resize my HDD but it said that 
> there were bad clusters on it so it couldn't.  So then I ran scandisk and 
> left it alone for about a day.  Then I came back and it said it had found 
> ten bad clusters and reclaimed them for free space which could be used by 
> other applications.  So then I created the partition for my swap and for 
> root.  Because I still want to run Windows as well.  I am prepared to buy 
> another HDD if I have to, or if it is going to save a lot of hassle, but at 
> the moment the partitions seem not to be the problem...
> 
> >Its a shame you can't try a different disk.
> >If we go back to where you started - How did you create the space to put
> >Linux onto? I think I'd just start completely again and reformat etc.
> >
> >
> >On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 18:14, Alex Craddock wrote:
> > > I'm a bit hesitant about trying those things with the BIOS, console, 
> >etc. as
> > > I don't really know what I'm doing.  Can you confirm: did you mean
> > > physically bring the machine to the next meeting, or just ask the 
> >question
> > > there?  Thanks for feedback.
> > >
> > > >oh dear, pass that reading hat, I've just realised it's Slackware not 
> >Suse
> > > >(glows red) the title of the end of the thread being obscured by my 
> >mail
> > > >client (insert more excuses here). ok that link would have been pretty
> > > >useless in that case, sorry.
> > > >
> > > >It does describe bios settings to try that could be giving problems and
> > > >also
> > > >describes the key combinations that you press to bring up a text based
> > > >console
> > > >that shows all the messages the install program is giving off in the
> > > >background that you wouldn't normally see. these might help you work 
> >out
> > > >whats
> > > >going wrong.
> > > >
> > > >Failing that, what about bringing it along to the next meeting and 
> >letting
> > > >the
> > > >slackware people in the group have a look at it? (Francis?)
> > > >
> > > >Guy
> > >
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