Jens Henrik Goebbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I just tried to install Mandrake 8.2beta2 using the alternative bootfloppy >"cdrom.img-2.2.19-BADZ5" > because of a problem with the standard 2.4.17-15mdkBOOT. > > And I found 2 problems: > First of all the really big problem I had while trying to install: > > after the package-installtion finished I got back to the partition-choosing (and >could choose the packages again) > So did not get past the package-installation-routine. This makes it impossible to >install Mandrake 8.2 using > the alternative bootdisk "cdrom.img-2.2.19-BADZ5". > This is what I found on console 1: > ========================================================== > rpm database closed > closing install.log file > running: ldconfig with root /mnt > Install took: 0:25:53 > Installed: 824MB(df), 626MB(rpm) > warning: already displayed at /usr/bin/perl-install/install_steps_gtk.pm line 682 > starting step 'choose Packages' > getFile Mandrake /base/hdlists: > errorOpeningFile Mandrake/base/hdlists
Any problem with the file Mandrake/base/hdlists on the installation medium? Can you "cat" the file? > warning: no hdlists found at /usr/bin/perl-install/pkgs.pm line 357 > ========================================================== > (This happend being in expert-mode) > I managed to get around the problem with 2.4.17-15mdkBOOT (because of a hint using > "ide=nodma") and this error did not happen - I could install Mandrake8.2 . And.. with cdrom.img-2.2.14-*? It's a strange error.. -- Guillaume Cottenceau - http://www.frozen-bubble.org/
