Yesterday, I attempted to install Mandrake 7.0 (Air). After reporting a
successful install and rebooting, I got a lot of [FAILED] messages during
bootup, each accompanying an error message about some library or another
being missing. Finally I get to a login prompt, type "root" or "guy", and
it responds that libpam is missing! Not even being able to login to the new
install, I rebooted the CD and tried to reinstall. This time, as it was
installing, I switched to the text console and noted all kinds of CD-ROM
errors as it was installing packages. Rebooting my old install (I always
try a new distro on my second hard drive, then only do the first if it
works), I attempted to copy the CD-ROM back to an image file so I could
compare it with the md5sum from the FTP site. It stopped halfway through
copying the data back with an error. So, the problem is bad media -- fair
enough. But my question is, why did the installer not complain that it
couldn't read some of the RPMs it was attempting to install? It just
silently fails to install packages without notifying me, leaving an unusable
distribution since some of the packages it failed to install are critical.
Shouldn't it give me a list of packages it failed to install, especially if
some of them are mandatory packages, rather that reporting a successful
install?
-- Guy T. Rice ---------------------------------- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --
"Every human being should pursue his or her own dharma perfectly instead
of following another's dharma imperfectly." -- Hindu scriptures
