[Cialug] Venting

[n.d]

i as well concur. changing cdrom drives could very well be the answer.


Dave J. Hala Jr. wrote:

>I've also solved this problem by switching CD-ROM drives.
>
>On Thu, 2005-08-11 at 11:43, David Champion wrote:
>  
>
>>Mandriva will give you a warning if it can't install a package, but will 
>>continue on and finish the install / upgrade. Depending on what packages 
>>they are... you may end up with a system that's not so usable when 
>>you're done, so it's kind of a blessing / curse situation.
>>
>>I've seen several systems where you can install with the media just fine 
>>on one PC, but it has these kinds of errors on another, so trying a 
>>different CDROM drive might be a good thing to try.
>>
>>-dc
>>
>>timwilson011 at mchsi.com wrote:
>>    
>>
>>>Yeah, that's probably it, even though the media check gave it a "PASS".  But why
>>>not just skip the package if it isn't essential to the OS?  It is maddening when
>>>you see "8 minutes remaining" after seeing "50 minutes remaining" for 20
>>>minutes, just to see it "fatal error" out.
>>>
>>>--
>>>Tim W.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>Maybe it's not reliably reading from your cd drive?
>>>>
>>>>On Thu, 2005-08-11 at 00:58 +0000, timwilson011 at mchsi.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>>I'm doing a custom install.  I took out the offending package from the first
>>>>>failed attempt.  But it still failed.  This is try #4 (try #6 if you count the 
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>2
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>>times I tried to do an upgrade after the first failure).
>>>>>
>>>>>--
>>>>>Tim W.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
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>>>>>On Thu, 2005-08-11 at 00:58 +0000, timwilson011 at mchsi.com wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>i just installed fc4 w/ no problems. i'm not sure if i installed
>>>>>>those packages your talking about..   i did the default server
>>>>>>install and after it was up and running did some custom packages of
>>>>>>my own.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>n.d.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>timwilson011 at mchsi.com wrote: 
>>>>>>
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I would like to know why FC4 install can't just *skip* the package it 
>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>
>>>>*thinks*
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>>>>is in error.  I've done a fresh install now 3 times.  Twice, it has failed 
>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>
>>>>on
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>>>>the third disk (two different packages), even though it checked out fine 
>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>
>>>>with
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>>>>the media test.  Fine, I'll make another disk 3.  Now it's failing on the
>>>>>>>*first* disk!  Argh!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>We now return to regularly scheduled e-mail.
>>>>>>>--
>>>>>>>Tim W.
>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>
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