Hi everyone I've slowly been installing a Mandrake 9.0 system at home, downloading an iso cd at a time at work when no one has been looking, and re-installing with the additional software that evening. On Tuesday I burnt the third, 'international' cd, took it home, and the Mandrake would spit it back at me when I tried to get rpms off it (using installdrake, I think? what ever you boot of the 1st cd when installing a new system).
I had a look at the directory listing of the disk, and everything is there, in the right location. I can open up one file and look at it ok, and thats where the trouble starts - from then on I can ONLY look at that file. ls in console lists all the files, but appends each file name with 'invalid file' or 'file not found', I cant quite remember which. Except for the one I opened previously, it is still there and I can view or install it as I did previously. To install another file off the disk, I have to restart the computer. So if there are dependencies and I need to install two at once, tough. The only thing I did different with the third disk was to burn the iso, and then I added some extra files before closing it completely. Could this be the cause of my trouble? Also, why is it called the international cd? (not cd3) Many thanks Andy
