[Musix-users] Catch-22 on Musix installation to third HD

Sat Nov 4 05:08:58 CET 2006

Marcos:

Thanks for the quick reply.  No, I don't have 2.0GB or larger; I think that
must be the sticking point.  Perhaps this could be fixed in that English
error message, which states that you only need 1GB, not 2.  That's what
confused me.  I'll dig up a bigger HD and try again... post with results.

Thanks!

On 11/3/06, Marcos Guglielmetti <marcospcmusica at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> El Sáb 04 Nov 2006 02:54, J.M. escribió:
> > Hey all:
> >
> > Thanks for the FTP link the other day, Marcos.  I finally got Musix
> > downloaded and burned.  Running from live CD it looks promising, so I'd
> > like to get it installed on my 866 MHz 256MB machine.  The computer
> already
> > has 2 hard drives, so I pulled an old 1.18GB from storage; should have
> just
> > barely enough space, right?
>
> You need 1.8gb at leas, but it would be fine to have more than 2.5 at
> least
>
> > (I can get another one if necessary).  OK, now
> > when I try to install Musix using the old-style Knoppix installer
> (little
> > nervous about Kanotix; it crashed on me once already)
>
> Dont worry about those crashes: kanottix installer just configures the
> installation and then it uses the knoppix installer too
>
> > I get the system
> > requirements error, basically telling me that there's insufficient disk
> > space and would I like to repartition.  OK, no problem, I start GParted
> and
> > created on /dev/hdd a swap partition of 150MB (over the required 128MB)
> and
> > a primary EXT2 partition of the remaining space (just over the necessary
> > 1GB).  After the machine huffs and puffs through the changes, I return
> to
> > installation... only to receive the same system requirements error.
>
> But... do you have at least one linux partition with more than 2.0 gb of
> free
> space?
>
> > I
> > suspect that this has to do with the swap partition being locked by
> Musix
> > itself (the copy running from CD) as in the background terminal it says
> > something like "resource error: /dev/hdd2 swapon" just before generating
> > that system requirements error.
>
> Maybe: you can disable swap files at boot time with a cheatcode, I think:;
>
> english noswap
>
> will be fine, or
>
> english swapoff
>
> (i dont remember, see cheatcodes.txt)
>
> > Also, if I go back into GParted, I find
> > the swap partition locked. I unlock it... and Musix locks it again,
> > apparently.  Thus the Catch-22. Musix insists on locking the swap
> partition
> > while it's running, but you can't install Musix without locking it.  I
> > don't know if I need to manually run swapoff (what's the syntax for
> that,
> > anyway) before hitting install or use the error override setting or
> what.
> > Any help would be appreciated.  I can't wait to try out Musix.
>
> Do this things, and tell me, cheers
>
>
>
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