On Thursday 02 Jan 2003 10:06 pm, Guy Rouillier wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "mycal62" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 3:51 AM > Subject: Re: [newbie] Failed install > > Thanks for the reply. > > > Hi , > > > > First , it can be quite frustrating to go through an install as you did. > > > > two things come to mind to ask though, > > > > were the cd's given you copies of downloaded iso's? or original cd's ? > > The CD-R's given to me were burned from downloaded ISO images. The guy at > work claimed he used them already numerous times, so I'm sure the problem > is with my old 2x CD-ROM. > > > Before you give up ( hopefully you haven't yet ) try another cd drive, > > and or new/origianl disks ( if they weren't ). > > I'll definitely reinstall when the rewriteable gets here. I just think, as > I stated in my original note, that the install process is poorly designed. > The failures I encountered were in non-critical packages, so it should have > just said so and finished the installation.
If your CD drive is old, it may not be able to read the 700MB CDs Mandrake 9.0 requires. A lot of people have reported trouble with older CD drives. A set of 650 Mb images is available for Mandrake Club members if you are desperate, but it is easier to just do a network install from an FTP site. (So long as you have broadband) derek -- ---------------------------------- www.jennings.homelinux.net
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