On Wednesday 03 July 2002 7:15 pm, David Walser wrote: > Hopefully RPM5 moves away from cpio, it's so flaky. > > Try removing /mnt/cdrom and installing the package, > I've had to do something like this before. > > --- Charles A Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 3 Jul 2002 18:45:27 +0200 (CEST) > > > > Frederic Lepied <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --=-=-= > > > Name : filesystem > > > > Relocations: (not > > > > > relocateable) Version : 2.1.3 > > > > Vendor: > > > MandrakeSoft Release : 5mdk > > > > Build Date: > > > Wed Jul 3 18:37:59 2002 > > > > installing > > /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/filesystem-2.1.3-5mdk.noarch.rpm > > > Preparing... > > ################################################## > > filesystem ########error: unpacking > > of archive failed > > on file /mnt/cdrom: cpio: chown failed - Read-only > > file system > > Installation failed > > Try installation without checking dependencies? > > (y/N) y > > > > > > > > Charles > > > > -------------- > > I'd like to meet the guy who invented beer and see > > what he's working on > > now. > > ---------------------- > > Charles A Edwards > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ---------------------- > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free > http://sbc.yahoo.com
My success was to boot into "failsafe" mode and disable devfsd in order to have filesystem, MAKEDEV, and dev to upgrade without any issues. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Altoine B Maximum Time Unlimited Chicago Based and Operated ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Your best consolation is the hope that the things you failed to get weren't really worth having. --------------------------- 2.4.18-16mdk Mandrake Linux release 8.3 (Cooker) for i586 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
