I've been installing mdk ever since 7.1, normally from either hd.img or network.img boot. Friday was total toast with rc1.
First the iso's wouldn't md5, so I had to download all over again, and today the server took 5X as long as it did last night to give up its bounty. Once over that hump, I tried hd.img with raw iso's on FAT32. Installer always progessed into package selection before any errors, at which point, all kinds of errors that eventually sent the installer either back to the start of package selection, or past that to partitioning. Errors such as "you can't select/unselect this package" (e.g. on XF86fonts-100, drakconf & kdegraphics), or depending reports requiring and OK be clicked, except that clicking OK produced no response on 1st click, then restarted package selection on 2nd click. I finally got through package selection 3 times, only to fail on 'basesystem package not selected', being returned to the start of package selection yet again. Eventually I got set up for NFS install, and that won't even get out of text mode. Each time, right after entering server IP and directory it just sits there, and on tty3, last line I see is 'preparing nfsmount for [IP]:[dir]', and no evidence that SCSI ever loaded. Has SCSI support been deleted from the boot floppies? I can't remember when the previous versions asked for SCSI support confirmation. Is ftp or CD install the only way that works for rc1? I really don't like burning CD's for betas, and I've never figured out how to select a ftp or http source for installation. Where do I point the installer for ftp or http? -- "A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control." Proverbs 29:11 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/
