Re: [newbie] problems with installation of packages

2004-01-19 Thread B. L. Krieger
Thanks for your help. I need help with installing packages. After I installed Mandrake 9.2 I cannot install software. When I open the installation tool, I can select the packages. Yet when I hit the install button the program opens a progress bar. After a while I am prompted to put the CD into

Re: [newbie] problems with installation of packages

2004-01-19 Thread B. L. Krieger
MCC is Mandrake Control Center. You fstab looks OK to my non-expert eyes. I suggest you go into MCC, run Harddrake for good measure, then go to the Software Media Manager and check your CD sources. Sir Robin well your dev hdb is your second cdrom drive so just put the disk in that one or have

[newbie] problems with installation of packages

2004-01-15 Thread B. L. Krieger
Hi there, I need help with installing packages. After I installed Mandrake 9.2 I cannot install software. When I open the installation tool, I can select the packages. Yet when I hit the install button the program opens a progress bar. After a while I am prompted to put the CD into dev/hdb.