On Friday 20 December 2002 07:00 pm, Stew Benedict wrote: I copied the the key files from cd to my ppc directory I will be doing the ftp install from, this time the ftp worked, launched the graphical installer, progressed to the point of installing packages then ran into this...
When statring to load the packages, the installer is unable to locate glibc-2.2.5-20mdk.ppc I checked in the directory I mirrored (about 800 MB of rpms) and that specific file is not there, though there are a couple of glibc-lsb rpm files. I just checked rpmfind.net and my directory is a duplicate of theres, no glibc-2.2.5-20mdk.ppc there either. again the directory on rpm find I mirrored is /linux/Mandrake-devel/cooker/ppc Do I need to get the SRPMS? > On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, Brent Hasty wrote: > > On Thursday 19 December 2002 03:12 pm, Brent Hasty wrote: > > A continuing saga > > > > What is the proper procedure for using the 9.x-ppc-cooker-install-2.iso > > with the mirrored /linux/Mandrake-devel/cooker/ppc on my local network? > > > > I have set up bootX, I have the mandrake install directory on my Mac OS > > 9.1 desktop, therein i have the install mandrake ppc which I can click > > on, I specify all.gz, and set the ramdisk to 3400. > > > > the wallstreet then exits Mac os, the cd spins up and the system begins > > to boot. > > > > the first menue I get to asks about the medium: > > nfs > > ftp > > cdrom > > hard drive > > > > When I select cdrom I can get as far as package installation with a nice > > 9.0 style installation menue, there it freaks out because at under 200 > > mb, the cd obviously does not contain very many packages. > > > > When I select ftp i run into the problem discussed below. > > > > what is my procedural error? > > You don't need to CC me. I follow the list. Although CD is offered, as > it's a stock install, it's not a true option with this pre-beta ISO. > It doesn't sound to me like you're doing anything wrong prodedurally. > If stage2 loads successfully from CD, but not from you network, I would > next suspect corruption at the network source. > > Stew Benedict -- 7:43pm up 1:14, 4 users, load average: 0.01, 0.02, 0.00
