On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 12:20:24PM -0700, ekg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > I see this all the time. Why is it that the installer doesn't allow you > > to retry a package ... and instead errors out and dies... > > > > I actually tested my media and I still had the problem at some point in > > my installation. > > > > Bottom line though it shouldn't just die. Give a chance to retry, > > abort, or ignore...and continue giving that chance until the USER > > decides to abort. > > I'm afraid I'll have to second this opinion. Have seen this on > faulty cd-rom drives which will randomly refuse to read portions > of the disc. While no package that failed to open was critical to > the install, the fact that even one package couldn't be opened > deep-sixed the whole installation. I don't know what the difference is, but anaconda does try to retry when it cannot read a package. I have had questions pop up with a cancel and retry button, and once it asked for cd 1 (which it had) and ejected the cd and continued after reinserting the cd. (BTW; this was not a bug in FC, it was a defective cdrom player) so I guess the mechanism is there already, but not invoked on every error? David
