ianw1974 Posted February 25, 2006 Report Share Posted February 25, 2006 It's a filesystem type. I mentioned before in a previous post above. You have a choice during installation of ext2, ext3, jfs, reiserfs, xfs from memory. If you choose auto-partition it defaults to ext3. It might be worth trying using custom partitioning when installing, delete what you've got now that you configured last time, and then set them up manually and choose the file system type as reiserfs instead. Before deleting what you've got, make a note of the partition sizes for each. You probably have 3 which comprise of: / home swap so we can recreate these with the same sizes as the current ones, but with reiserfs instead. The swap will always be swap of course, but home and / can be reiserfs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shay Posted February 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2006 I am about to cry :( I've installed it for the *** time, now using reiserfs as file system and I get the same error. In the log I get error 6 just now with reiserfs instead of ext3. Did you look on the result with /mnt (above) Looks like under /mnt it is mounted. Please your advise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted February 25, 2006 Report Share Posted February 25, 2006 I'm unsure, as I only use 32 bit Mandriva, whereas you're loading 64 bit. Some people run 32 bit Mandriva on their 64 bit machines, so you could give that a go and see how it compares. Do you get the same results. Of course, it means downloading the CD images if you don't already have them. I've done a google for the error 6 that you posted, and it does show up some issues, but I can't find anything that shows a solution as such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shay Posted February 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2006 (edited) I will download the 32bit version and will give it a try. I saw the error 6 on the web also, but I did not noticed that its related to the 64 bit. I will try it anyway. I will report. I am downloading it from the public FTP sites. Any recommendation ? Edited February 27, 2006 by spinynorman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted February 25, 2006 Report Share Posted February 25, 2006 Normal ftp are OK, closest to you is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted February 25, 2006 Report Share Posted February 25, 2006 Hey, you two. I will join the party now. :D: Just read through all the stuff and stumbled upon this: "Kernel Panic - not syncing: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel" There was a bug with 2.6.12 kernels (Mdv2006 is based on 2.6.12) that just resulted in this. I don't know if it only affects the 64 bit version, but some information is available here: http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/ker...506.3/0354.html Anyway, it seems that even if the kernel-bug got eliminated timely, the initrd package seems to be broken. Several users on the web reported problems with initrd in Mdv2006. Or ... the iso images you downloaded are broken somehow. (First thing to do with your media is to do a md5sum check). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shay Posted February 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2006 Hey, you two. I will join the party now. :D: Just read through all the stuff and stumbled upon this: "Kernel Panic - not syncing: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel" There was a bug with 2.6.12 kernels (Mdv2006 is based on 2.6.12) that just resulted in this. I don't know if it only affects the 64 bit version, but some information is available here: http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/ker...506.3/0354.html Anyway, it seems that even if the kernel-bug got eliminated timely, the initrd package seems to be broken. Several users on the web reported problems with initrd in Mdv2006. Or ... the iso images you downloaded are broken somehow. (First thing to do with your media is to do a md5sum check). Currently I don't see much choice. I am downloading the Mandriva 2006 32bit. I hope that I will be lucky with it. I will not be able to check it before Wednesday. I have to go for few days. I will report when I will be back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shay Posted February 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2006 It might sound silly.... Is it possible to install a distribution upon a specific kernel version ? For example, to install Mandriva upon 2.6.15 kernel. After all if you are using a higher kernel version then all the packages that based on a previous version should work properly, isnt ? If this kind of architecture exist then how I can use it. If its not then I think this is something that need to be consider. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted February 26, 2006 Report Share Posted February 26, 2006 Kernel 2.6.15 is available, but afaik not for Mdv 2006, unless you compile it yourself or unless the cooker project has one kernel available. Mandriva has released some patched 2.6.12 kernels already. One of the latest kernels made it into their new Live-CD that finally comes with a harddisk-installer. http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=03257#0 There is some info and the link for downloading. Might be worth a try? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shay Posted February 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2006 Hello guys.... I am laying on the couch in my hotel room, few miles away.... Call me addict, but before I left my home office I tried to install the Mandriva 32bit. I think that the problem still exist there. I will need to check it again, but I am 99% that the problem is still exist there. I've noticed that Fedora Core 5 is about to be released on March 15. It use 2.6.14 kernel. If I will not find a solution I will probably wait for it though I can try the test2. Then I was thinking..... How I can install Linux only. Meaning, I would like to have Linux with KDE, apache and MySQL. I don't see any problem to install KDE and the rest of the list, but can someone guide me how I get to the point that I am able to install it. Basically what I am asking it how to install naked Linux. Is there any source that I can download "naked" Linux with a specific kernel release? Can you recommend about a good guide? Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shay Posted March 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 Hello guys.... I am back. So, I've installed the 32bit version and I am still getting the same problems. I was advised by one of the Linux users that had the same problems with one of his machines to try and to install Suse distro. He found that Suse support a variety of drivers. I would like to ask your opinion about Suse. I have a good experience with Novell back in the days that Microsoft did not came yet with NT. But what is the main advantage/disadvantage of Suse. I know this is Mandriva forum, but I would like to hear Mandriva users to be able to compare. I've notice that Suse use 2.6.13 comparing to 2.6.12 that Mandriva is using. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted March 1, 2006 Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 Never used suse, but from various opinions I've seen/read, it's OK for newbies who aren't sure what they are doing, and the config wizards sometimes cause more problems than trying to configure without them. I've never used it, so it might be OK. Maybe I'll try it one day :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shay Posted March 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 Thanks... Its possible the Mandriva Powerpack will be able to handle that machine. Is there any different between the free CDs and the powerpack ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted March 1, 2006 Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 I'm not entirely sure on the exact differences between the two, but they are more or less identical. Powerpack comes with items that aren't free, which is why it's charged for. These are normally things such as ATI/NVidia drivers, etc, plus other additional extras. This is why Powerpack is something your purchase direct from Mandriva. The free version doesn't have these items, and is also marked as "Free" on the startup wallpaper. They both run the same kernel version, and version of KDE/Gnome prior to updates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shay Posted March 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2006 Guys..... After lots of ditro that I've tried I installed Fedora Core 5 Test3. Its look like this release in working on my machine and can handle both the on board LAN and the sound card. The only problem is the the mouse is "jumping", meaning when you use it it doesn't move smoothly. I am running a full update with yum hopefully that bug was solved. The official release will be published on March 15 then I will stick with Core 5. As for the SATA support I did not checked it yet. Yum in still running :) Thank you guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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