On Friday 27 September 2002 11:08 pm, you wrote: > s wrote: > > On Friday 27 September 2002 09:17 pm, Seedkum Aladeem wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > The md5sum check on the three LM9.0 ISO files I down loaded was > > > fine. I proceeded to install LM9.0 using the Hard Disk install > > > procedure and that is where I came across some problems. The > > > installer asked me about the directory or ISO file of the Mandrake > > > Linux Distribution. I gave it the path to where I had the three ISO > > > files. It came back with this error message: > > > > > > "I can't find the Mandrake Linux Distribution in the specified > > > directory, (I need the Subdirectory /mandrake/base/). Here's a > > > short extract of the files in the Directory: > > > Mandrake90-cd1-inst.i586.iso > > > Mandrake90-cd2-ext.i586.iso > > > mandrake90-cd3-i18n.i586.iso > > > md5sum.90" > > > > > > Then I tried again and I gave it the path as > > > ...../Mandrake90-cd1-inst.i586.iso and it proceeded with the > > > install. However it gave me many error messages saying that some > > > rpm files were missing, like the Open Office files and many others. > > > It appears it did not see the other ISO files. > > > > > > Is there a work around to make see the other ISO files? > > > > Well, this may not be the way you want, but I found it works well. I > > mount the isos as loop one at a time and copy them to a directory to > > install from. Fast accurate installs result. For example: > > > > mkdir /mnt/loop > > mkdir /path/mandrake > > mount /path/Mandrake90-cd1-inst.i586.iso -o loop /mnt/loop > > cp -r /mnt/loop/* /path/mandrake/ > > umount /mnt/loop > > mount /path/Mandrake90-cd2-ext.i586.iso -o loop /mnt/loop > > cp -r /mnt/loop/* /path/mandrake > > umount /mnt/loop > > mount /path/Mandrake90-cd3-i18n.i586.iso -o loop /mnt/loop > > cp -r /mnt/loop/* /path/mandrake > > umount /mnt/loop > > > > hth, > > -s > > I will try this and see if it will work for me now that the base system > appears to be working. However, shouldn't the initial install be able to > see all three ISOs? It is able to read one why can't it read the other > two? I think that would have been better. > > Thankx, > > Seedkum are you mounting the isos as an iso filesystem?
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