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Re: scilinux 6 install fail with log
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Stephan Wiesand <[log in to unmask]>
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Stephan Wiesand <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:13:42 +0200
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On Jun 16, 2011, at 18:58 , Yasha Karant wrote:

> This one is from a SL6 install.

This particular file isn't. Look closer :-)
[snip]
> I did not reformat / , /var, /usr .  Must these be reformatted?  Will X86-64 SL6 allow me to keep these as ext2 (no journal)?

I think it's still possible to use ext2 on your partitions when installing SL6. I don't think it's reasonable to keep the old content of /, /var, and /usr, and I guess it's what makes your attempt to install SL6 fail.

Regards,
	Stephan
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Yasha Karant
> 
> On 06/16/2011 01:43 AM, Stephan Wiesand wrote:
>> At least this one is not from an SL6 install:
>> 
>> On Jun 15, 2011, at 22:25, Yasha Karant wrote:
>> 
>>> /mnt/sysimage/root/install.log:
>>> Installing setup-2.5.58-7.el5.noarch
>>> warning: setup-2.5.58-7.el5: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID e8562897
>>> Installing filesystem-2.4.0-3.el5.i386
>>> Installing desktop-backgrounds-basic-2.0-41.el5.centos.noarch
>>> Installing kernel-headers-2.6.18-194.el5.i386
>>> Installing centos-release-notes-5.5-0.i386
>> 
>> Is ist possible that you try to install without reformatting /, /var/ and /usr?
>> 

-- 
Stephan Wiesand
DESY -DV-
Platanenenallee 6
15738 Zeuthen, Germany

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