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 -- MandrakeSoft OH/TN, USA http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~sbenedict/ PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/PPC/FAQ/ Cooker-PPC IRC: irc.openprojects.net/#cooker-ppc
