On Sunday 01 July 2001 07:24 pm, Skinky wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Skinky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > <snip> > > > I am STILL trying to install from hard drive. After creating a native > > linux > > > partition and booting with a boot disk (hd.img), I selected install to > > own partition (linux native partition). All goes well for a while and > > then an error message comes up: > > > > Error > > > > An error occurred > > missing rate for "<!-- Beginning of: > > /www/htdocs/images/HEADER/dirheader.html -->" > > Hi all > > I think I've found the problem file: Mandrake/Base/Serial. > > If I try to download the file with Internet Explorer (right-click & select > save target as), it gets saved as a blank .txt file. Obviously using this > file (after removing the .txt extension) when installing Mandrake doesn't > work. > > If I click on the file link itself, it opens a blank web page. On viewing > the page's source I get the following (saving and using this file when > installing also doesn't work): > > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> > <HTML><HEAD> > <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; > charset=windows-1252"></HEAD> > <BODY><XMP></XMP></BODY></HTML> > > > If I download the Serial file using GetRight, the contents when viewed in > Notepad is as follows: > > <!-- Beginning of: /www/htdocs/images/HEADER/dirheader.html --> > > <div align=center> > > <table cellspacing=0 cellpading=0> > <tr> > > <td align=center valign=top> > <a href='http://www.planetmirror.com/'><img src='/images/pmsearch.gif' > border=0></a> > </td> > > <td align=center valign=top> > <!--start 120x60--> > > <SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript" LANGUAGE="JavaScript" > SRC="http://www.sofcom.com.au/banner_random.js";></SCRIPT> > <SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript" LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> > > <!-- // hide from old browers > document.write('<IFRAME > SRC="http://ad.au.doubleclick.net/adi/www.planetmirror.sofcom.com.au/tile2; >s z=120x60;ord=' + ord + '" name="frame1" width="120" height="60" > frameborder="no" border="0" MARGINWIDTH="0" MARGINHEIGHT="0" > SCROLLING="no">'); file://--></SCRIPT> > > <SCRIPT language="JavaScript1.1" > SRC="http://ad.au.doubleclick.net/adj/www.planetmirror.sofcom.com.au/tile2; >a br=!ie;sz=120x60;ord=' + ord + '"></SCRIPT> > > <NOSCRIPT> > <A > HREF="http://ad.au.doubleclick.net/jump/www.planetmirror.sofcom.com.au/tile >2 ;abr=!ie;sz=120x60;ord=67903291373337260?"><IMG > SRC="http://ad.au.doubleclick.net/ad/www.planetmirror.sofcom.com.au/tile2;a >b r=!ie;sz=120x60;ord=67903291373337260?" border=0 height="60" > width="120"></A> > </NOSCRIPT> > > </IFRAME> > > <!--end 120x60--> > </td> > > </tr> > > </table> > > </div> > > <!-- End of: /www/htdocs/images/HEADER/dirheader.html --> > > Oh sh_ _! I just copied and pasted that from Notepad but it doesn't look > anything like that in Notepad! I've included the Serial file as an > attachment. Perhaps someone might know what the problem is. Or better > still, maybe someone would be kind enough to email the file to me? > > I'm looking to buy the CDs from someone in NZ if possible because it > doesn't look like I'll get Mandrake installed from the files I downloaded. > But in the meantime... > > Cheers > Skinky > > PS. Sorry for the long message. Before selecting a file, hold down the [shift] key and then click on the file. Roman Registered Linux User #179293 Kmailer by Tux
