I downloaded the 2 isos of mdk 7.1beta3 from ftp.free.fr
I got some problems : the install program failed to read
my second CD. At first i thought of a burning error, but
the second time the same bug did appear.
So i took a further look at some files on the ext cd.
For example xxgdb-1.12-15mdk.i586.rpm was not found to
be a valid rpm archive by rpm. I downloaded the same file
from an ftp archive, and it looked correct. The 2 files
had exactly the same size, but when i edited the iso
version with hexedit, i found that it was completelly filled
with null bytes !
I looked at many other files, and found the same problem, but
not
on all. The same behaviour occured also when i mounted the
iso
as loopback, so i think it is not a burning problem. I
redownloaded
the iso a second time, and the md5sum test was correct.
Has anybody else met the same problem ?
Pascal Grosse
I had the same problem, as well. During the install I walked away from
the
machine. I came back later and it was asking for the 2nd CD. I
inserted it
waited until it got started, and left the room again. Apparently none
of the
packages were installed off this bad CD. On the other hand, I received
no
error message. I didn't even realize that there was a problem until
I started
missing stuff. It seems like if rpm fails, it should notice the problem
and ask
what to do..
RC
