[Bug 127] Ark Linux alpha 7 Installation freezes

https://bugzilla.arklinux.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=127





------- Additional Comments From [email protected]  2003-09-09 03:50 -------
I suspect I know what the problem is. I filed a similar bug (#218) and in the
course of rambling on about what I'd observed, I think I figured out the problem.

In my case, I had 3 primary partitions allocated, and one extended. I deleted
one of the primary partitions to give it space, and here is what I THINK is
happening:

It allocates the swap partition. It is now out of primary partitions, and (in my
case at least), the extended partition has no space.

Is it plausible that on your system it is running out of the ability to allocate
more primary partitions?

If you had all primary space, try making the free space an extended partition.
It may be smart enough to allocate both swap and filesystem partitions within an
extended partition if handed one on a silver platter, but not much smarter than
that.

I'm not sure there's anybody home -- it's been a while since I filed my bug and
you've been around for a LOT longer.

Good luck,

Charles Lacour



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