Due to older programs i have to use, i rebuild my entire disk
partition. I have Win98, Win 2000, in dual boot, and want to install
Slack 11.0. So, i rebuild the partition type, but when i try to install
Slack, i receive almost imediatly error messages. I build the root
partition in a logical drive; do i need to put it as a primary
partition ?

Below is a print of my partition type :

hda1 Boot Primary W95 FAT32 1497.01
hda2 Primary NTFS 5996.23
hda5 Logical W95 FAT32 1003.49
hda6 Logical W95 FAT32 (LBA) 10001.95
hda7 Logical NTFS[^A] 10001.95
hda8 Logical NTFS[^B] 20003.89
hda9 Logical NTFS[^B] 20003.89
hda10 Logical NTFS[^A] 15002.92
hda11 Logical Linux swap 1998.75
hda12 Logical Linux ext3 5996.23
hda13 Logical Linux ext3 10001.95
hda14 Logical Linux ext3 10001.95
hda15 Logical Linux ext3 8521.40



Partition Table for /dev/hda

First Last
# Type Sector Sector Offset Length Filesystem Type
(ID) Flag
-- ------- ----------- ----------- ------ -----------
-------------------- ----
1 Primary 0 2923829 63 2923830 W95 FAT32 (0B)
Boot
2 Primary 2923830 14635214 0 11711385 HPFS/NTFS (07)
None
3 Primary 14635215 234436544 0 219801330 Extended (05)
None
5 Logical 14635215 16595144 63 1959930 W95 FAT32 (0B)
None
6 Logical 16595145 36130184 63 19535040 W95 FAT32 (LBA)
(0C) None
7 Logical 36130185 55665224 63 19535040 HPFS/NTFS (07)
None
8 Logical 55665225 94735304 63 39070080 HPFS/NTFS (07)
None
9 Logical 94735305 133805384 63 39070080 HPFS/NTFS (07)
None
10 Logical 133805385 163107944 63 29302560 HPFS/NTFS (07)
None
11 Logical 163107945 167011739 63 3903795 Linux swap (82)
None
12 Logical 167011740 178723124 63 11711385 Linux (83)
None
13 Logical 178723125 198258164 63 19535040 Linux (83)
None
14 Logical 198258165 217793204 63 19535040 Linux (83)
None
15 Logical 217793205 234436544 63 16643340 Linux (83)
None


Partition Table for /dev/hda

---Starting--- ----Ending---- Start Number of
# Flags Head Sect Cyl ID Head Sect Cyl Sector Sectors
-- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----------- -----------
1 0x80 1 1 0 0x0B 254 63 181 63 2923767
2 0x00 0 1 182 0x07 254 63 910 2923830 11711385
3 0x00 0 1 911 0x05 254 63 1023 14635215 219801330
4 0x00 0 0 0 0x00 0 0 0 0 0
5 0x00 1 1 911 0x0B 254 63 1023 63 1959867
6 0x00 254 63 1023 0x0C 254 63 1023 63 19534977
7 0x00 254 63 1023 0x07 254 63 1023 63 19534977
8 0x00 254 63 1023 0x07 254 63 1023 63 39070017
9 0x00 254 63 1023 0x07 254 63 1023 63 39070017
10 0x00 254 63 1023 0x07 254 63 1023 63 29302497
11 0x00 254 63 1023 0x82 254 63 1023 63 3903732
12 0x00 254 63 1023 0x83 254 63 1023 63 11711322
13 0x00 254 63 1023 0x83 254 63 1023 63 19534977
14 0x00 254 63 1023 0x83 254 63 1023 63 19534977
15 0x00 254 63 1023 0x83 254 63 1023 63 16643277


sorry for my bad english....

Thanks in advance

On Thu, 25 Jan 2007, tmplgv wrote:
> Due to older programs i have to use, i rebuild my entire disk
> partition. I have Win98, Win 2000, in dual boot, and want to install
> Slack 11.0. So, i rebuild the partition type, but when i try to install
> Slack, i receive almost imediatly error messages. I build the root
> partition in a logical drive; do i need to put it as a primary
> partition ?

No... you should be able to install and boot slackware on
primary or logical partition.

The error message you received might tell you what failed.
Understanding the error message would be the best place to
start, if you want to solve the problem.

>
> Below is a print of my partition type :
[...]
--
William Hunt, Portland Oregon USA

On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:47:42 -0800, tmplgv wrote:

all snip...

where's the error message?

--
Peter

the error is :

grep: /var/log/mount/slackware/a/tagfile: input/output error

after a few packages the message is :

"THERE WAS A FATAL ERROR ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL /var/log/mount/
slackware/a/loadlin-1.6c-i386-1.tgz. THE PACKAGE MAY BE CORRUPTED, THE
INSTALLATION MEDIA MAY BE BAD, OR SOMETHING ELSE HAS CAUSED....etc"



On Jan 25, 7:55 pm, Peter <p...@localhost.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:47:42 -0800, tmplgv wrote:all snip...
>
> where's the error message?
>
> --
> Peter

On Sat, 27 Jan 2007, tmplgv wrote:
> the error is :
> grep: /var/log/mount/slackware/a/tagfile: input/output error
>
> after a few packages the message is :
> "THERE WAS A FATAL ERROR ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL /var/log/mount/
> slackware/a/loadlin-1.6c-i386-1.tgz. THE PACKAGE MAY BE CORRUPTED, THE
> INSTALLATION MEDIA MAY BE BAD, OR SOMETHING ELSE HAS CAUSED....etc"
>

don't assume partition error.

note, (1) input/output error on '.../a/tagfile' is a source media error.
(2) error on loadlin is IIRC issued by installpkg, while uncrompressing
the package file.

i suspect, 'dubious source media, eg., an iso download burnt to cd.
or perhaps a dubious cd drive, same result.

run an md5suma on your source media and see what you get.
mine says:

a7cfcb4be158beca63af21b3b4dbc69c slackware-11.0-install-d1.iso

HTH
--
William Hunt, Portland Oregon USA