[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Hello allxsan,
>
> Wednesday, October 27, 1999, 1:31:33 AM, you wrote:
>
> ati> Today I have done an attempt to reinstall cooker without reformatting
> ati> hda1 !!!
> ati> GI install does not work... with the latest update!!!
> ati> The error message is too long and I don't have... :(
>
> ati> The installation stops with a message about xkbcomp, user 0 and
> ati> getpwid...
>
you should switch to alt-F3 to get more interesting information.
also, you can find information in /tmp.
in fact, RTFM :) www.linux-mandrake.com/drakx/README
i just added a section about logs
> ati> At the end I have tryied everything and the only results ( my stupid
> ati> error ) is that I have lost half of my sources and
> ati> configuration ( cvs, MB of software, Netscape bookmarks ). Just saved
> ati> something and cooker mirror.
> ati> At the moment I have only RedHat 6.1 on CD ( and lots of old
> ati> distributions like debian 2.0 )
>
> ati> The problem is serious, cooker cannot be installed ( italian
> ati> nationalization ? ).
> ati> I have done lots of attempts using GI and old installation but the
> ati> error is the same also on formatted disk!
>
> Someone can tell me something?
i both installation fails, it seems like bad rpms.
don't know more :( sorry no clue...