Phil A wrote:

> I finally got around to upgrading to 1.2. After all the talk on these 
> groups about how much better the install was, I was lulled into a false 
> sense of security - and it didn't work. (1.1 was a breeze - I really 
> appreciated the ease of install.)
> 
> I'm doing a clean(ish) install  - I reformat drive L as HPFS but leave M 
> as JFS with lots of stuff on it I need to keep. Earlier drives are Win98 
> and Win32, and mainly FAT32 partitions limited to 32Gb because I had 
> trouble with ECS when I started to go over that limit.
> 

Get the latest from NetLabs http://fat32.netlabs.org/?show=download> or 
Bleeding Edge from http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fat32dev/files/> After 
joining the FAT32dev Group.


> Also the Win drives are on a large IDE drive, while L and M are on a 
> SCSI drive. The SCSI chain also includes a ZIP drive and tape drive. 
> (The CD is IDE.) The machine is an AMD 1.8 with 1Gb RAM.
> 
> Every install attempt fails - sitting there saying "Installing network 
> dial-up drivers". I've left it on that stage for over an hour - many 
> many times longer than 1.1 required.
> 
> I don't know whether the message actually describes what it's trying to 
> do - or it's tried to move to the next stage and failed.
> 
> I wondered if it could be to do with JFS - so I did one install that 
> worked - I removed every options which allows you to choose the install 
> location (apart from base functions like networking, etc.) I leave the 
> base system on drive L - but all the ancillary tools / apps go on M 
> (Java, Netscape, etc etc).
> 
> After that install I tried installing without formatting but got the 
> same result.
> 
> Does anyone have any suggestions for what could be wrong?
> 
> Thanks
> 

As a general principal with Installing an OS to my Hard Drive, I HIDE 
ALL partitions not being installed to, and BACKUP MY HD Partition Table.

I get the OS, up-and-running, then Un-hide the other drives, and adjust 
as needed (with Win2K, WinXP , and OS/2 with LVM).


MarkO



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