-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 22 October 2003 01:18 pm, Alan Peery wrote: > I get 80%+ through installation of a default desktop installation, > and the installation stops at "The package xsri-2.1.0-6 cammnot be > opened. This is due to a missing file or perhaps a corrup package..." > > At this point the install will let me retry forever, but not skip the > package and continue on. Is there any way to work around this? The > md5sums of the .iso files are correct, so I don't think I've had a > download problem. > > Detail: > I happen to be installing the software under VMWare (version 3.0, > running on a Windows XP host). I've swapped the .iso files by > suspending the virtual machine and "swapping cdroms" by renaming the > .iso files on my hard drive. I've used this technique many times, > and it worked for 20 minutes following the switch, so I don't think > this is likely to be the problem. > > Alan Are you installing off CDs? If so, run mediacheck. I've downloaded ISOs, had MD5SUM work OK, but had a bad write to the CD and subsequently fail. Mike W - -- Registered Linux - 256979 (http://counter.il.org for more information) NRA Life ARS: W0TMW -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/lyKT5fq6h2uDDlQRAmLwAJ4uU20kk1UXAja3+Lp8NBj+2ZRwbgCgqSQH S2ZrFRjUNIPqVy8OB+OZ+Lg= =r5LL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
