Thanks! I had downloaded the iso image from the internet. I downloaded
again from a different mirror site and burned a new cd. That did it (and I
now have a nice mandrake coaster). The install went off beautifully! Of
course, now I get to the fun part of configuring network cards, my dsl
connection, etc!
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Civileme
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2000 8:12 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [expert] install error message
Robert Stephens wrote:
> I am trying to install mandrake 7.02. I do not have another keyboard to
try
> using. Is there any other workaround for this? If it matters at all, my
> device manager says it is a US English 101 keyboard...and I have never had
> any problems in Windows. Is there another selection I can make at the
> keyboard selection part of the install to get it to go thru? Thanks for
> everything.
>
Well, it could be CD, memory, or keyboard that is causing the problem.
However, as a shot in the dark, try disconnecting your mouse before
installing
and using the arrow keys instead. If that does not help, see if you can
find
another CD. If you bought a set, talk to MacMillan or Mandrake about trying
different media. Not every CD pressed is totally readable by every CD
drive.
Civileme
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Civileme
> Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2000 12:16 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [expert] install error message
>
> Robert Stephens wrote:
> >
> > I have been trying to install mandrake and I have been running into the
> > following problem when the software packages are installing. The
software
> > installation will suddenly give an error message asking me to confirm my
> > keyboard setup, then kills the whole installation. I have an english-us
> > keyboard, a micron p-II 450, 128 mb ram. the exact error message is:
> > "unable to find file us-latin1.kmp in archive /usr/share/keymaps.cz2 at
> > /usr/bin/extract_archive line 26". Can anyone please advise me what I
can
> > do to get the install to work? I am a newbie at this and any help would
> be
> > greatly appreciated! Thanks. I have posted this to the newsgroups so
far
> > with no success getting an answer.
>
> Hello, Robert,
>
> Well, you got past the HDD hurdle, and it sounds like you are
> using 7.0 Mandrake.
>
> I have experienced similar messages a couple of times. In one
> case I dropped the bus clock to 95 and it went fine (a Gateway,
> naturally), and in the other case I had to *replace* a defective
> CD drive, on a brand new Dell Inspiron. The user wasn't too
> happy to see that, as you can well imagine.
>
> If you have a different keyboard available which can fit the
> slot, you might want to try that first, but it does definitely
> smell like a hardware problem.
>
> Civileme
>
> --
> Remember that if it is done on networks, it may occur on
> your host which is a network unto itself.
