I an inclined to agree with your suggestion of corrupt CD (s), I installed 7.2 on my Vaio PCG - F250 with no problems at all, it was (before upgrade) very similar spec i.e:- Celeron 366 32mb Ram 4.3Gb HD Don't know about the F160 but mine uses Neomagic sound and video cards and has a 13.0" XGA HPA screen On Sunday 18 March 2001 05:16, you elegantly scribed: <snip> > Anyway, to get to > the point, what I found is my copy of Mandrake 7.2 had some corrupt files > on it, > On Sat, 17 Mar 2001, you managed to utter: > > I am have problem installing LM 7.2 on my Laptop. > > > > System Info: > > > > Sony Vaio PCG-F160 > > 300 MHz P2 > > 64 MB Ram > > 4 GB Fujitsu HD > > > > During installation it will do one of the following three things: > > > > 1) Hangs-up* on installing gpm > > > > 2) Hangs-up* on installing grep > > > > 3) Prompts user with: error installing pkgs gpm, grep, perl-base -> so, > > I click "Go On". Then Prompts user with: error installing pkgs gtk+, rpm > > , slang, util-linx, SysVinit -> again I click "Go On". Finally, it > > hangs-up* on installing grub > > > > * - what I mean by "hangs-up" is that the machine will do nothing other > > than turn the cooling fan on and off, for more than 30 min when I reboot. > > This means no HD operation, no CD-ROM movement, and no screen change. > > > > All power managements is turned off in the BIOS. These LM 7.2 CD's were > > created some time in early January (I think). > > > > It doesn't matter what type of installation I choose, one of the above > > three things will occur. > > > > Any help will greatly be appreciated, > > > > -jason
