[snipped someone else's problem]
: I had this same problem when installing last weekend. Then I read the
: docs (cannot remember which one). They said that there is an error in
^^^^
: the script for mkswap. The instructions were to go to next item and then
: drop out of the express install and do the mkswap and swapon manually.
: And it then worked.
I just love this crap. The noise in these newsgroups would be cut by
about 90% if PEOPLE WOULD JUST READ THE DOCS *BEFORE* TRYING TO INSTALL
ANYTHING.
All these ding-dongs having trouble with Linux 1.2.13 or GCC 2.7.2 or
anything else. Do you guys ever see the README files at all? Or do
you just un-tar a bunch of files somewhere and type "make" and expect
God to do the rest?
Before installing *anything*, print out every piece of documentation you
can find -- search the FAQs, the HOWTOs, and anything that looks like
nifty info in the installation package. Then sit down in a comfortable
chair in a quiet room, with a beer and a pack of cigarettes and read all
these print-outs through, end-to-end. (You don't have to smoke the cigs,
they're just for atmosphere). (But you really should drink the beer).
Don't worry about _understanding_ the docs, just read 'em.
Read them again the next day, after your headache goes away.
Next, *don't* install anything. Wait a day or two for all the information
to boil around in the back of your head. With practice, your subconscience
will note any anomalies or potential trouble areas and will nag at you
until you get more information.
DON'T INSTALL ANYTHING UNTIL YOU UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING THE DOCUMENTATION
IS SAYING. If it's outside your expertise, then ask an expert in the
newsgroups. A few days of thinking and asking informed, intelligent
questions can save you weeks of fixing insidious little bugs.
If the documentation doesn't make any sense after all your efforts, then
don't install the damn thing. You want to ruin your machine?
Sorry for the psuedo-flames. Well, no, not really. But the flames are
only aimed at the fools who say with pride "I never read the documentation".
I suspect there are several thousand lurkers out there, who, like me,
have never had a problem installing anything.
: Trust this helps.
: --
Trust me, I know what I'm doing.
-- collins --
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