Title: RE: [newbie] LM 8.0 install disks
Jerry, try installation in expert mode. It will ask for partitions maybe and other stuff that should not be a problem if you have used LM 7.2 or others, otherwise you can just accept most of the stuff as default. You will have to pick the packages, but you can click on anything you want and let it go from there. Anyway, (I ramble sometimes) the expert install will usually work on a first time disk installation. One other thing you might want to check that I have recently stumbled on is the the cable used to hook up your hd and cdrom. If you have a motherboard with a via chipset on the southbridge you should use the 80 wire or high speed cable as there are problems with cdroms not working correctly on an ordinary 40 wire cable. Just a thought. Hope the above helps. Dennis M.
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Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 9:45 AM
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Subject: [newbie] LM 8.0 install disks
I tried to to a clean install of LM 8.0 powerpak (from BestBuy). CD-1 is read and the install proceeds. Then it asks for CD-2 which I insert and click ok. But it keeps asking for CD-2 whenever I click ok. When I click cancel, it then asks for CD-3, CD-4 with the same results. I took the package back to BestBuy and exhanged it for another package, with the same results. I don't think the CD-ROM drive is bad because it boots from CD-1 and installs whatever is on CD-1.
Also, after the installation, I have two CD-ROM icons, two floppy icons, etc on the KDE desktop.
I am installing the "Recommended" version onto it's own hard drive (no dual boot).
Thanks
Jerry Greene
