s wrote: > > On Friday 27 September 2002 09:17 pm, Seedkum Aladeem wrote: > > Hi, > > > > The md5sum check on the three LM9.0 ISO files I down loaded was > > fine. I proceeded to install LM9.0 using the Hard Disk install > > procedure and that is where I came across some problems. The > > installer asked me about the directory or ISO file of the Mandrake > > Linux Distribution. I gave it the path to where I had the three ISO > > files. It came back with this error message: > > > > "I can't find the Mandrake Linux Distribution in the specified > > directory, (I need the Subdirectory /mandrake/base/). Here's a > > short extract of the files in the Directory: > > Mandrake90-cd1-inst.i586.iso > > Mandrake90-cd2-ext.i586.iso > > mandrake90-cd3-i18n.i586.iso > > md5sum.90" > > > > Then I tried again and I gave it the path as > > ...../Mandrake90-cd1-inst.i586.iso and it proceeded with the > > install. However it gave me many error messages saying that some > > rpm files were missing, like the Open Office files and many others. > > It appears it did not see the other ISO files. > > > > Is there a work around to make see the other ISO files? > > Well, this may not be the way you want, but I found it works well. I > mount the isos as loop one at a time and copy them to a directory to > install from. Fast accurate installs result. For example: > > mkdir /mnt/loop > mkdir /path/mandrake > mount /path/Mandrake90-cd1-inst.i586.iso -o loop /mnt/loop > cp -r /mnt/loop/* /path/mandrake/ > umount /mnt/loop > mount /path/Mandrake90-cd2-ext.i586.iso -o loop /mnt/loop > cp -r /mnt/loop/* /path/mandrake > umount /mnt/loop > mount /path/Mandrake90-cd3-i18n.i586.iso -o loop /mnt/loop > cp -r /mnt/loop/* /path/mandrake > umount /mnt/loop > > hth, > -s > I will try this and see if it will work for me now that the base system appears to be working. However, shouldn't the initial install be able to see all three ISOs? It is able to read one why can't it read the other two? I think that would have been better. Thankx, Seedkum
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