Quoting a thread in anothe mailing list:
OK, then there is a bug in the installer!
The format trick didn't work for me if I followed-up by trying to install a
lot of packages on a lot of partitions. Had to do the format (as you said)
then do a minimum install on a minimum number of partitions (just /boot, /
and /usr). Mounting the bigger partitions for /usr/home etc. later.
Marius
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Kennelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Adam Kett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 7:47 PM
Subject: Re: [mk] Mandrake Linux Community Newsletter - Special 8.1
Preorders (fwd)
> I have had the same 'No hdlists found' problem a number of times on a few
> different pcs if I tried to install over an older or even the same version
of
> Mandrake, haven't tried the upgrade. The only solution I found was to
> format /var & /usr partitions during the start of the install process, not
> ideal but it seems to work....
>
> Quoting Adam Kett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > Marius Schrecker wrote:
> > >
> > > Yeah, saw that.
> > >
> > > My problems with installing 8.0 and freq's ('No hdlists found' in
> > the
> > > middle of installing the packages) could be due to:
> > >
> > > a) Cheap CD's (home burned)
> > > b) A worn-out/dirty CD drive
> > > c) a combination of the two (probably)
> > > d) something completely different (bug in the
> > > installer/indigestible hardware, etc)
> > >
> > > Assuming the answer is a) or c). what are the easiest cd r's to read?
> > Make
> > > / colour.
> > >
> > > Marius
> >
> > i'v always found memorex cd's to
> > suite me best quite cheap and reliable
> >
> > i think you can buy a spindal of
> > 50 cd's for just over �15
> >
> > they even read happy in an old
> > 4x goldstar :)
> >
> > adam
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