On 28 Feb 2002, Nick Texidor wrote:

> On Thu, 2002-02-28 at 11:35, Stew Benedict wrote:
> > 
> > Update will be a lot slower, as there is a lot more to do than a straigh
> > install.  There are known issues with gnome on the beta1, so that may have
> > been driving that problem.
> 
> Ok.  Thanks for that.  It seemed to work the second time round when I
> installed from the single CD though.  It seemed to be every subsequent
> file from the CD when it got to a particular point.
> 
> > > On the second run through, it got as far as requesting the second CD,
> > > however when I put the second CD in, the installer kept spitting the CD
> > > out and asking me to mount the second CD.
> > > 
> > 
> > Odd, has anyone else used both CD's to install?
> 
> I tried 2 or 3 times and got this error every time.
> 
> 
> > There may be an issue with the Software Manager.  You could try installing
> > via the command line with urpmi, which will work like software manager,
> > locating the additional required pacakges for your package of choice.
> 
> Ok, I have a few more details to add to this bit... I mounted the second
> CD, went to konqueror and browsed the CD.  I right-clicked on Evolution,
> and asked to open it in Software Manager.  All was ok, Software Manager
> said that it would install some additional files, and I said ok.  I was
> prompted to mount the first CD, and when I did that I got an error
> saying something along the lines of there was an error and I'd have to
> reinstall/recreate urpmi database.  Sorry, this was last night, and I'm
> going from memory.  
> 
> It sounds like there's something between the 2 cd's that doesn't add up
> properly, unfortunately my relative inexperience with Linux means I
> don't know what to do next! :^)
> 

Hmm, the database of files on the 2 CD's are created as part of the ISO
process.  There are some important libs that are missing altogether on
those ISO's, which effect gnome, cups and a couple of other things, but
the lists should reflect the files that are actually there.

> After I installed from just one CD, I had a heap of module dependancy
> errors when rebooting the machine... is this normal, or is it because I
> installed off one CD only?
> 

A "heap" is not normal - 3 is - there are 2 future domain modules and a
trident one that are bad.  I had asked to have the future domain removed
by the kernel maintainer, but it didn't happen in the build you're seeing.
Trident has since been removed, I believe.  You should only see those on
1st boot, and unless you happen to own said hardware, it should not be an
issue.

Stew Benedict

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