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 have run scandisk on the drive under windows and i have copied all of the rpms fromt he linux cd onto my c drive with no error reading the files. i don't know much more about the technical info relevant to my problem. if you need more info, just let me know and i will find out what you need to know. thanks for any help you can provide _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
