Unable to create swap partition
Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2004 2:47 am
Hi,
I've been trying to install GentooX MCE...
I'm attempting to install it on a Friendtech DreamX-733 with a 120GB HDD...
When I booted up the box the initial screen was messed up I hit 'A' anyway and the installation continued... It got to the point where I needed to insert the GentooX disk or reinsert the MCE disk... when it rebooted it wouldn't recognise the disk so I rebooted again... it then skipped the initial blue screen (I couldn't see what was on it) and goes straight to try and install.
When the Linux boot stuff flashes past it complains of some disk error (it goes past way too quickly to see what's going on)... It thens tries to format the disk at which point it complains it's "Unable to create swap partition".
What the heck am I doing wrong?
Stu
I've been trying to install GentooX MCE...
I'm attempting to install it on a Friendtech DreamX-733 with a 120GB HDD...
When I booted up the box the initial screen was messed up I hit 'A' anyway and the installation continued... It got to the point where I needed to insert the GentooX disk or reinsert the MCE disk... when it rebooted it wouldn't recognise the disk so I rebooted again... it then skipped the initial blue screen (I couldn't see what was on it) and goes straight to try and install.
When the Linux boot stuff flashes past it complains of some disk error (it goes past way too quickly to see what's going on)... It thens tries to format the disk at which point it complains it's "Unable to create swap partition".
What the heck am I doing wrong?
Stu