From: Michele Andreoli (m.andreoli@tin.it)
Date: Thu Jan 18 2001 - 13:43:52 CET
On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 04:28:28AM -0500, Alfie Costa nicely wrote:
> Just formatted a new mu v11.5 boot floppy, and did a reboot.
>
> I replied 'n' to everything. (Which a timid user might also do.)
> It worked well until...
>
> Setup the /usr partition? "n".
>
> Error creating the TMP ramdisk!
>
> (If it matters, my computer has 64megs RAM.)
Without USR you cannot create the TMP ramdisk: any ramdisk requires
the mkfs.ext2. So, you cannot load any onther addon, without the *first*
addon USR in memory. Why you answered "n" to /usr?
>
> I kept going, and it's OK for a while. Then it asks to setup the internal web
> server. "n". It types a line or two of options 'setup' is skipping. Then,
> after it says "Setting up named: Skipped (SVR addon required)"...
>
> ppd: not found
>
> No more 'setup' errors after that. Eventually I see the "root:" prompt. Above
> the prompt are several hints, such as "File Manager typing 'pion' or 'mc'." I
> login. Type 'mc'.
>
> mc: not found
Ok, you are joking.
>
> I type 'pion'.
>
> dialog: not found
> muless: not found
yes, you are joking.
>
> I try "setup -f usr". 'setup' asks to configure 'usr'. "y".
>
> Unknown compressor, abort
>
>
> Hope this helps...
Ops: this is a serious, problem. I will test immediately.
Michele
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