i have the "linux-mandrake 7.2 complete" package and it came with 4 discs
(1-installation cd, 2-extension cd, 3-1st application cd, 4-2nd application
cd). i have attempted to install this going on 20 times now and every time i
have had the same problem. first, it never asks for any of the other discs.
i don't know if this is normal or not, but it isn't a big problem because i
can just install the other rpms myself. the main problem is that it has only
actually installed one time (when i did the minimum installation). every
other time i have tried installing it, it has crashed during installation.
it is uninstalled right now and it will not install in any size
installation. it always gets errors during the installation of the rpms. the
last time i installed it, i typed "text mem=384 all expert" with a 23mb
/boot, a 256mb swap, and a ~5gb /. and i got this error:
An error occurred
error installing package list:
kdelibs-sound-2.0-5mdk, cups-1.1.4-3mdk, clanlib-0.4.4-11mdk,
guile-1.4-6mdk, umb-scheme-3.2-14mdk, Hermes-1.3.2-2mdk,
gd-1.8.1-4mdk
,and then it proceeded to unmount the filesystems and tell me it's safe to
reboot, without installing linux.
i have also tried "linux mem=384M all expert" and made a 23mb /boot, 256mb
swap, 1gb /home, 2gb /usr, 2gb /, 500mb /root, 150mb /tmp, 150mb /var, and i
still got a similar message but with different packages listed and it asked
me if i wanted to continue anyways. after i clicked yes it gave me another
error with even more packages, and it goes that way for about 5 turns,
listing new packages each time. then it unmounts and tells me i can reboot,
without installing.
i'm trying to install this on a p3 600 dell with a 42x cd-rom, a 13gb hda
with windows, a 45gb hdb with mp3s, and a 6gb hdc for mandrake. i have 384mb
ram and an ati rage pro mach64 8mb video card. i don't know much more about
the technical info of my computer that would be relevant. if you need more
info, just let me know and i will find out if i can.
thanks for any help you can provide
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