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mandrake 9.0 not installing
Name: bp Date: October 29, 2002 at 23:18:21 Pacific OS: windows 2000 CPU/Ram: p3 128
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when i try to install linux, i get errors when installing some packs, and it wont complete the installation. anyone got any tips? thanks in advance.
Name: ken Date: October 30, 2002 at 05:05:51 Pacific
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How are you installing 9.0?
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Response Number 2
Name: bp Date: October 30, 2002 at 09:11:52 Pacific
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i bought the cd set on ebay,, i put the cd in, reboot my comp, and start installing.
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Response Number 3
Name: John Phin Date: October 30, 2002 at 09:33:05 Pacific
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I had no problem at all installing Mandrake 9.0, on one of my computers running ME, but, I wanted to install it on my other machine running XP Professional. I learned that it was advised to use Partition Magic 8.0 to resize your windows XP or 2000 parition prior to trying to install Mandrake 9.0. The parition manager in Mandrake 9.0 is supposedly not set up to handle resizing NTFS volumes. I would try useing Partition Manager first. Unless of course you are not interested in a dual boot machine and want your whole PC to be linux centric, only.
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Response Number 4
Name: bp Date: October 30, 2002 at 10:26:15 Pacific
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well, i am trying to install it on a seperate partition..... fat32, because i dont think u can instal linux on a ntfs. i got the partition right and everything, but i get rpm errors when trying to install. could it be the cd?
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Response Number 5
Name: Tai Date: November 1, 2002 at 08:04:37 Pacific
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bp,
Sometime you get an rpm errors on some selection you have made. I got the same problem. Try to install minimal first, OS, KDE etc. and nothing fancy. After you done. you Can go into and install each individual package. it's really easy and a very nice interface.
Also I notice doing this way is much fater than select everything up front. It may take longer and unstable.
As you install individual package you know what you want and what is on the system.
If one package failed that you can tell which rpm package are in error on the CD.
hope this help you.
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Response Number 6
Name: ilyas Date: November 1, 2002 at 08:51:06 Pacific
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I have the same problem? I Tried installing mandrake 9.0 with minimal form, some packages can't be decompressed from cd.
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