On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 20:48:19 +0000, Ronnie wrote:

> On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 19:29:42 GMT, "Michael C." <mjchappell@verizon.net>
> wrote:
>
>>If this doesn't help, you'll probably want to post exactly what appears
>>on your screen.
>
> Just retried, selected existing partition, it reformatted the swap and set
> off. Gets about 77% through, then fails while 'installing the base
> system'. I press alt-F4 and a text screen suggests a failure setting up
> initramfs tools, exactly at the point 'console - tools '
>
> This is after it asks me which kernel I want - it pre-selects 2.6 - 486
> and, with an AMD Athlon, I accept that because it is presumably 486
> compatible. (However, the AltF4 screen says at the point of failure is
> trying to build an img(?) for 2.6.18-486 which was another option on the
> screen but which I didn't accept.) If there's a way to get more text
> detail I'd happily do that, but I am a bit out of my depth here.
>
> Although it mutters about having to re-install over the existing files of
> a previous installation, I sense that there's a more fundamental problem
> than just being unable to overwrite a file. Presumably the installer
> accretes to itself enough authority to create and overwrite all the files
> and directories it needs to?
>

Ron, it might be worthwhile to just copy the data you want to save
somewhere else and let the installer format the partition, then copy your
data back after the install. You're not running out of room on that
partition during the install are you?

Rodney