Hi There, I saw you said you live in Chicago area. Let me ask why the 28.8 phone modem? any particular reason why maybe I can help you
Thanks Kenneth E. Spress [EMAIL PROTECTED] RUID # 0462790 Interested in a user friendly ISP that costs less Try ACN Internet http://www.acninc.net/dialuplocations.asp?details=us http://www.acninc.net/innerwindow.asp?theurl=signupinfo.asp ----- Original Message ----- From: "The Other" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 10:00 PM Subject: [newbie] glibc file is bad on Install CD1, need help to replace the disk. > 07/09/03 > > Hello All, > > I'm finally back from the Abyss. Windows NT 4.0 returns me to the Internet. > > It appears file glibc-2.3.1-10mdk.i586 has been damaged on my Mandrake > 9.1 PowerPack distribution disk : Install CD1 > > If someone in the USA (I live in Champaign, Illinois, USA) can create > the Install CD1 disk and mail it to me, I'd pay for their time and > shipping costs. Please email me offline for details and arrangements. > > (I'm on 28kps dialup with no way to write a CD-Rom) > > End of the help request, what follows is the painful story of how I got > here. > > ----------------------------- > > You may recall I had to send back my new Maxtor hard drive (Bamboo > installed flawlessly on it, my only prior install before the trouble > started) back for a replacement. I then tried to install Bamboo on the > Western Digital drive that I had left, but to no avail. > > On Monday, 7/7, the relacement Maxtor drive arrives. Terrific. I > install the drive back into the slave position and attempt to install > Bamboo. No joy. Worse yet, the Master Boot Record gets corrupted and > Windows NT won't boot either. > > Here's my suggestion to Mandrake. In the Installation booklet shipped > with the boxed sets, please put in a Troubleshooting Section. In this > Troubleshooting Section make mention of the F1 option to attempt to > Rescue a damaged Linux installation. And within that Rescue section, > please point out the Repair Windows Boot Record option. > > When I finally found that option it was too late, I'd already done a low > level format of both drives. > > So I tried installing with both drives low level formatted, with the > Maxtor in the Slave position, and then with the Maxtor in the Master > position; no joy. > > I pulled out both Winmodems and tried to install, no joy. > > I turned off anything in the BIOS that tried to optomize hard drive > usage. No joy. > > I then repeatedly tried to install the Minimal System (doesn't even have > urpmi). No joy. I once got the notice telling me the glibc package > failed to install 6 different times during a single, failed install attempt. > > I got the glibc failed message when just trying to install KDE as the > only option, with GNOME as the only option, and with OTHER DESKTOPS as > the only option. I got the glibc failed message when installing the > minimal system with documentation as the only option, and when > installing the minimal system with X as the only option. > > Needless to say I got the glibc failed message when installing any > option at all (on the select packages to install page). I began to > think there might be something wrong with the glibc-2.3.1-10mdk.i586 > package. > > So I then very carefully at the Install CD1 disk. I think I'm seeing a > scratch or nick near the outer edge in one place (probably the place > where glibc-2.3.1-10mdk.i586 lives.) > > So the only idea I have left is to try a replacment disk. Any other ideas? > > Thanks for listening, > The Other. > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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