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Topic: fresh cfdisk, mke2fs whole hd, first install ok, but 2 re-install cant get netw back-up

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robertbas

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Posted: Feb. 16 2006,03:22

i do a fresh cfdisk to the wholedisk - hda1 (fat32 winxp), hda2 (linux ext2), hda3 swap, hda4 (linux ext2), then mke2fs hda2 & 4.

I then do a "s" hd-install to hda2 with "No" to "multilogin" and "ext3", then "yes" to lilo. Reboot, enter secure grade password, then do s "sudo mount -n -o remount,rw /", then set everything up, is fine.

The prblem is when I go for a reinstall - everthing the same but ndiswrapper reports

driver installed but "hardware not present".

If this is a symtom of something i am not, mis, or incorrectly doing pls advise.

ps... everything work fine off liveCD

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Compaq Armada 7800 PII 366 8gHd 128ram, 4MBpcivid-Runs really fast on proper partitions. No cdrom/no USBbios/no dos pcmcia booter.
set-up; USB & bootfloppyUSB.1.img - Frugal Persist on small hda1,swap=hda2, mydsl=hda3,home=hda4,restore=hda4
No Win/dos parts. not toram/dma-ing yet
run DSL, RH fine

robertbas

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Posted: Feb. 16 2006,04:28

ok!!!, WHO fixed it while i duked out for a stress-smoke?

I enteered linux mydsl=hda2 restore=hda4 ( i had backed-up to that hd)
While booting it reports "cant find hda4, hda4 not a valid block device, not going to restore, press 'enter' to continue.' I continued and from previous post all hardware installed.

When reboot it reported sam 'hda4 not a vailid' etc... so on the next boot i entered linux mdsl=hda2 and is all fine now...

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In previous install across three other machines and live

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Compaq Armada 7800 PII 366 8gHd 128ram, 4MBpcivid-Runs really fast on proper partitions. No cdrom/no USBbios/no dos pcmcia booter.
set-up; USB & bootfloppyUSB.1.img - Frugal Persist on small hda1,swap=hda2, mydsl=hda3,home=hda4,restore=hda4
No Win/dos parts. not toram/dma-ing yet
run DSL, RH fine

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