Re: [newbie] Install Prob: "An error occurred" when installingpackages (followup...)

2001-12-24 Thread s
On Monday 24 December 2001 08:18 am, you wrote: > I like to eliminate the simplest possibilities first. :-) Well, I read where it was the shared memory thing. that's good. Good luck with the rest of it. > How do I check the md5sums? md5sum --help will give you all the options, but basica

Re: [newbie] Install Prob: "An error occurred" wheninstallingpackages (followup...)

2001-12-24 Thread Doug Lerner
I like to eliminate the simplest possibilities first. :-) Since the Perl error message said "missing file" it seemed reasonable to ask if, perhaps, there simply was a missing file. Trying another CD drive is not really possible. My computer needs to boot from the internal one. It won't boot from

Re: [newbie] Install Prob: "An error occurred" when installingpackages (followup...)

2001-12-24 Thread s
On Monday 24 December 2001 07:31 am, you wrote: > Don't you think it sounds more like an error in the Perl installer though > - like a missing file reference? > > doug No, unless you have a bad download or burn. Try redownloading from different mirror, check the md5sums, and reburn it slow on q

Re: [newbie] Install Prob: "An error occurred" wheninstallingpackages (followup...)

2001-12-24 Thread Doug Lerner
Don't you think it sounds more like an error in the Perl installer though - like a missing file reference? doug [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Monday, December 24, 2001): >On Sun, 2001-12-23 at 19:28, Doug Lerner wrote: >> Followup: >> >> After unchecking the "Office" package option it seemed to proceed.

Re: [newbie] Install Prob: "An error occurred" when installingpackages (followup...)

2001-12-24 Thread tester
On Sun, 2001-12-23 at 19:28, Doug Lerner wrote: > Followup: > > After unchecking the "Office" package option it seemed to proceed. But > then the same error occurred again later on. Does the installation of > packages actually work? > > doug > > Original post: > > While running the installer (

[newbie] Install Prob: "An error occurred" when installing packages(followup...)

2001-12-23 Thread Doug Lerner
Followup: After unchecking the "Office" package option it seemed to proceed. But then the same error occurred again later on. Does the installation of packages actually work? doug Original post: While running the installer (boot floppy, CD-ROM local drive), I get an error at the step where I s

[newbie] Install Prob: "An error occurred" when installing packages

2001-12-23 Thread Doug Lerner
While running the installer (boot floppy, CD-ROM local drive), I get an error at the step where I select and install packages. After selecting packages, the "estimating time" screen comes up and then an error comes up: An error occurred invalid file '' pkgs::package File() called from /usr/bin/

Re: [newbie] Install Prob

2000-07-10 Thread Paul
On Mon, 10 Jul 2000, Dave Naylor wrote: >Hi > >I tried installing Sawfish .30 on my Mandrake 7.1 system this morning but >it seems to require libreadline.so.3 whereas I have so.4 installed. I >wrote to the Sawfish author who tells me that it's because it was built on >Red Hat 6.2 which uses so.3

[newbie] Install Prob

2000-07-10 Thread Dave Naylor
Hi I tried installing Sawfish .30 on my Mandrake 7.1 system this morning but it seems to require libreadline.so.3 whereas I have so.4 installed. I wrote to the Sawfish author who tells me that it's because it was built on Red Hat 6.2 which uses so.3 unlike Mandrake which has so.4. He suggests r

RE: [newbie] Install prob.

2000-03-06 Thread Pittman, Merle
You didn't need a floppy to install. Mandrake 7.0 you can boot and install directly from the CD. > -Original Message- > From: Dave Casper [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2000 1:42 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [newbie] Install prob.

Re: [newbie] Install prob.

2000-03-05 Thread Dave Casper
Ok, I'm reading as fast as I can to catch up but you folks might be able to answer this one quicker than I can find it. How do you go about telling the install I want expert mode? (BTW it seems like I shouldn't be using expert mode if I don't even know how to get there. :-) Oh well, I'm willing

Re: [newbie] Install prob.

2000-03-04 Thread Ratsnake
Dave, I just don't get it. Why in hell is any distribution of Linux so damn difficult to install? I am very familiar with Red Hat installation, but this Mandrake Linux distribution, (which, after reading all the reviews, was a basic cake-walk to install), was virtually IMPOSSIBLE to install on m

[newbie] Install prob.

2000-03-04 Thread Dave Casper
How's this for bad luck: I bought Lin-Man 7.0 Complete in the hopes of learning Linux. I couldn't install at home though because my floppy drive died. So I decided to install it at work [we're a strictly doz shop so don't tell anyone ;) ] to get started right away. Installed and works fine there.