Slight Update: I did try using ext2 and ext3 for the / and /usr partitions. �No dice... same problems locking up on a random package. �On closer inspection, the CDs I'm using are NOT the same brand as the 8.1 disks I have working. �I'll go out tomorrow and try a different brand of CDR. �I'm still open to any suggestions anyone has. �:-) �TIA �-- �Dave
On Saturday 23 February 2002 22:24, you wrote: > Hey all, > I've been having a lot of problems installing the betas. Since beta 1, > I'd get past the package selection to the actual installing of packages. > It'd get through maybe 10 - 20 packages before locking up completely. > Switching screens to see whats going on, I find that its trying to fetch an > RPM from the CD when it fails. > At first I figured that it might just be bad media so I tried different > brands of CDRs, same deal. Then, I thought it might be something with the > CD burning program so I tried xroast (I was using xroaster so I tried > gcombust). Same deal. Then I realized they were basically just both front > ends using the same CD burning utility. My working MDK8.1 CDs were burnt > using Nero (under windows) so I tried doing that on the same media as the > MDK8.1 CDs. Same deal. > I then thought it could be something with my CD or DVD drive but the > install fails the same way on both. I have a TDK121032A CDR and generic > 10x DVD drive thats identified as a LITEON DVD-ROM LTD163. A install of > MDK8.1 succedes 100% of the time on both. > The weird thing is that on a whim I decided to try installing beta 3 under > VMWare. The install ran like a champ... all the way to completion. > The last thing I can think of might be that it might be a problem with > ReiserFS which is what I'm using for all my partitions. I would try > deleting my / and /usr partitions and reinstalling on ext3 to see if that > worked but I don't have any more time to fiddle with it this weekend. > Has anyone ran across any similar problems? I didn't see any problems > related to this in the bugzilla database and I wanted to try to narrow it > down a little bit before I posted a formal report there. Thanks! -- Dave
