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Subject: Re: /create/symlink failed: no inodes free
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David Kirchner wrote:
> On 11/21/05, MS-KILA <msKila@speakeasy.net> wrote:
> 
>>still present trying to install 6.0 on a 600Mhz celery, 384 ram, 8g hdd;
>>ftp install.  will attempt the explicit ip idea.
>>
>>does every first attempt at ftp choke like this?
>>wayne
> 
> 
> If you ever make a mistake in sysinstall, you should restart the
> process with a reboot. The installer doesn't handle errors well, often
> by trying to install the entire OS onto the ramdisk instead of the
> hard drive.
> 
> We've found that it tends to help, a little, to ping the IP of the
> server you're installing before you hit "OK" on the IP configuration
> screen.
> 
> 

ok; good thunked!  i'll give that one a shot, too!
thanks!