Hi, when i see the There was an error installing packages .... i deduct the consequence that the installation media might be corrupted/scratched or the drive is having problems reading it. Assuming that you where performing a dvd/cd install. Cheers Szemir
On February 21, 2007 09:15, R A L Carter wrote: > Hi Folks, > > My recent experience re-installing(again!) Mandriva 2007 Powerpack using > the "Install" option, rather than the "Upgrade" option, may be of general > interest. > > On my first attempt when I got to the stage "Package Group Selection" I > clicked on the box "LSB": bad idea! This caused **many** package > installations to fail. > > On my second attempt I avoided my first mistake but when I got to "Package > Group Selection" and selected some packages I got the message "There was an > error installing packages. idconf-2.4-4mdk.x86_64. Go on anyway?" I tried > to go on but was taken back to the beginning of the install. This problem > seemed to be caused by my wife and I being simultaneously connected to the > internet via a router connected to a cable modem. When she shut down the > installation went ok. > > Robin Carter > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying

