It was Wed, 20 Jun 2001 10:22:49 -0400 when jgarrido wrote: Must be indeed a problem with the harddisk. on mandrakeuser.org I found that someone went around the problem by installing things directly from an ISO file. Don't know how or what, but there are possibilities... Paul >I am getting an error trying to install Mandrake 8.0. During the >initial >setup I get an error indicating it cannot uncompress the second stage >RAM >disk. I press enter and it continues with the installation, however >after >formatting my partitions I get another error indicating an invalid entry >in >my hdlist file. I am assuming this is because the RAM disk never >actually >got created or some such thing. This error forces me to abort the >installtion. > >I suspect a problem with the CD I am installing from, and therefore >suspect >I may have gotten some bad data on my download, however before I >download >another 600+ Meg file, does anyone have any other suggestions? -- Well begun is half done. -Aristotle http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Sylpheed 0.4.99 ** http://www.care2.com - when you care **