On Fri, 2003-03-28 at 11:08, Jack Coates wrote: > so far, not so good... > > it still won't install from a firewire DVD-ROM, as documented at > http://www.monkeynoodle.org/comp/vx88. I've just finished making my El > Torito boot disk, will proceed from there tonight. Is there another way > to do this? I've been told that using expert mode will produce a menu of > modules one can load, but expert mode dies in the same place as > non-expert mode for me (per documentation on the above page). > > live_update & livedrake are hopelessly borked (livedrake a little less > so): > 1) it dies if you don't use /mnt/cdrom for the CD-drive. > 2) it tries to run > /mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/mdkinst/usr/bin/perl-install/live_install, which > doesn't exist -- should be > Mandrake/mdkinst/usr/bin/perl-install/live_install2 > 3) live_install2 won't run because of a Perl libraries issue -- it can't > find install2.pm, because that library doesn't exist. There is an > install2 and an install2.pm.gz... I tried copying install2 to > /usr/lib/perl5/site-lib/install2.pm, but then it failed because it tries > to source a bunch of stuff from its working directory. I quit here. > > I had opened bugs for both of these on cooker after RC1 came out, but > because I didn't know I was supposed to lobby for people to vote for my > bugs, they've been closed out of bugzilla and are still unresolved.
Re-open... Let me know ... I'll vote .... then it will be confirmed. This is one of several last step hurdles that I agree need to be overcome and overcome in a hurry. I wish I knew how to fix it I don't, but it's one of the things standing between me and one of those really sweet Sharp UM10M's ..... that and money.... *grin*. James
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