Thank you very much indeed for your detailed reply! But, unfortunately, no progress! Please, have a look below.
Paul ----------------
[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# urpmi pciutils
cp: reading `/mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS/pciutils-2.1.11-4mdk.i586.rpm': Input/output error
unable to read rpm file [/mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS/pciutils-2.1.11-4mdk.i586.rpm] from medium "Installation CD 1 (x86) (cdrom1)"
error: read failed: Input/output error (5)
The following packages have bad signatures:
/mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS/pciutils-2.1.11-4mdk.i586.rpm: Missing signature (Could not read lead bytes)
Do you want to continue installation ? (y/N) y
installing /mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS/pciutils-2.1.11-4mdk.i586.rpm
unable to install package /mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS/pciutils-2.1.11-4mdk.i586.rpm
[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# urpmi --no-verify-rpm pciutils
cp: reading `/mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS/pciutils-2.1.11-4mdk.i586.rpm': Input/output error
unable to read rpm file [/mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS/pciutils-2.1.11-4mdk.i586.rpm] from medium "Installation CD 1 (x86) (cdrom1)"
installing /mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS/pciutils-2.1.11-4mdk.i586.rpm
unable to install package /mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS/pciutils-2.1.11-4mdk.i586.rpm
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