Package: installer
Version: 7.1,7.0
Current error message on screen:
unable to open for writing /mnt/etc/ld.so.conf.
Another observed:
illegal division by zero
These happen after closing "Format Partitions", leaving the last green
star on "Format Partitions". It is the attempt to get through the
"choose packages to install" that the errors occur. Whether I choose
"Miscellaneous" or "Individual Package Selection" or both or neither
doesn't matter.
Here are some messages in /tmp/ddebug.log:
starting step choose packages
available size 1023745914 (corrected 855350733.502697)
unknown package 'numlock'
unknown install class normal in compssList
warning: setstep formatPartitions
starting step 'formatPartitions'
warning: can't open /etc/raidtab for reading: No such file or directory
step 'formatPartitions' finished
starting step 'choosePackages'
available size 1027345914 (corrected 855350733.502697)
unknown parkage 'numlock'
unknown install class normal in compssList
unknown install class normal in compssList
warning: Illegal division by zero at
/usr/bin/perl-install/install_steps_gtk.pm line 303
On starting all over again, another set of messages in /tmp/ddebug.log:
starting step choose packages
psUsingHdlists read 0 headers on 0 hdlists
unknown package 'basesystem'
warning: missing basesystem package at
/usr/bin/perl-install/install_any.pm line 278
At this point, the installer circles back to "Format Partitions".
Choose packages to install simply will not work. This is with v7.1. I
tried two different v7.0 CD's several months ago. Both returned similar
results, various error messages, and missing packages.
This system currently has functioning windoze 98SE in /dev/sda1, IBM
Boot Manager in /dev/sda3, OS/2 in /dev/sda4, OS/2 in /dev/sda6, CLOS
1.1 in 1.0 Gb /dev/sdc9 and RedHat 6.1 in 1.0 Gb /dev/sdc8. I'm
attempting to install to 1.0 Gb /dev/sdc10, created by Partition Magic
v5, on a 4 Gb disk. Swap is 125 Mb in /dev/sdc6.
Hardware info:
AcerOpen AX5T3 TX chipset mobo
P55C 233 CPU
96 Mb EDO SIMMs
SYM8751SP Symbios 53c875 SCSI
8 Gb /dev/sda Quantum Fireball SE
4 Gb /dev/sdb Quantum Fireball SE
4 Gb /dev/sdc Quantum Fireball ST
Sony 2.4X SCSI CD
1.44 Mb floppy
2.88 Mb floppy
no sound
no IDE
external modem
Is there a way to make Mandrake install on this hardware?
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