Re: Starting to get peeved !!
On Fri, Oct 05, 2001 at 02:13:56PM +1000, Del Campo, Damian wrote:
> Hi, I'm still struggling to install Debian to my Sparc2 from floppies.
> I have 2x 1.3Gb and 1x 440Mb disks
> I partition them all as Sun Disk Label and then delete partition 1 & 2 to
> create the ones I want. The end result (with approx sizes)
>
> /sda1 linux native u 50Mb /boot
> /sda2 linux native u 800Mb /
> /sda3 whole disk 1300Mb
> /sda4 linux swap 450Mb <swap>
>
> /sdb1 linux native u 800Mb /usr
> /sdb2 linux native u 500Mb /var
> /sdb3 whole disk 1300Mb
>
> /sdc1 linux native u 340Mb /home
> /sdc2 linux native u 100Mb /storage
> /sdc3 whole disk 440Mb
>
> where u = mountable flag.
>
> I get through the install but can't make the system bootable from the hard
> disk.
>
> WTF am I doing wrong ???
Do not create a seperate /boot. There's a) not much reason and b) not
much reason.
Make / 850 megs and just leave it at that.
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