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Bug 109661 - Wont install and wipes the hdd
Summary: Wont install and wipes the hdd
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Unspecified (show other bugs)
Hardware: x86 Linux
: Low normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Linux Installer
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Reported: 2005-10-17 20:27 UTC by Peter Swan
Modified: 2005-10-18 04:41 UTC (History)
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Description Peter Swan 2005-10-17 20:27:58 UTC
i dont really know whats happening. i had xandros on the machince previously and
i formatted the drive to place this on it cause it was also KDE. so when i put
in the live cd on my toshiba a70 laptop hooked to my broadband internet i do as
follows; boot device manager and boot from the cd. when it gets to the command
line i booted just plain gentoo. it loaded booted the correct devices. now i
wait for it to load the osonce its complete i load the icon on the desktop to
install the os. the process is lenghty so to put it simple i pick andly the
common selctions. as for the hdd which seems to be the most of my problemits a
40 gig drive, i have 6 gigs set to the linux osin fat32, i then have 2 gigs set
in fat32 unused and teh remaineder in ntfs for windows. when i get passed
everything else and i go to install it comes up with the error at the end of 2
arguements with one given and refferes me to here saying thta i did something
stupid.sorry to be a bother but i just wanted to get ti straightened out.
Comment 1 Steev Klimaszewski (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-10-17 20:39:07 UTC
The actual error message(s) that came up would be *extremely* helpful.
Comment 2 Alec Warner (RETIRED) archtester gentoo-dev Security 2005-10-17 20:41:29 UTC
Are you attempting to use the Gentoo Linux Installer?
Comment 3 Andrew Gaffney (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-10-18 04:41:39 UTC
This bug was resolved long ago, but we just haven't got a new LiveCD out. You
can upgrade to the latest CVS snapshot of the installer using the instructions
at <http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/installer/faq.xml#newerversion>.
Alternatively, you can use the manual installation method that has worked just
fine for many years :)