Re: F8 install failure at xinit

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Gene Heskett wrote:
> Greetings all;
> 
> I just tried to install F8 on a fresh 400GB sata disk, on an offboard 
> controller.  I configured it so as not to touch the existing drives with FC6 
> installed on them so that I had some continuity and could back up to Fc6 as I 
> am now.
> 
> Everything was marching along at a good rate, with basically an everything 
> install, 1266 packages IIRC.
> 
> At the 805th package it bailed out.  The package was:
> 
> xorg-x11-xinit-1.0.7-2.fc8.i386.rpm
> 
> It either could not be opened or was missing.  The media did pass checksum, 
> and the network was alive & well, the install getting much of its info from 
> there according to the traffic on my router.
> 
> Next?
> 
> Thanks.


If this is an official Fedora 8 DVD an 'everything install' does not
really install everything. Anaconda only 'knows' about what is on the 3+
GB disk. If you just let Anaconda do a standard install when it is
complete and the system is up and running in the 'Add/Remove Software'
menu selection you are shown the same, or a very similar application
selection screen. And that, since you are know able to install from The
Internet, really does offer 'everything'. More than what would fit on
two full DVDs.

Why do it this way? The 'standard install' works because it was tested.
There could be no way, or enough time, to test every possible package
selection for installation.

I do my clean installs this way. A basic install and add the missing
packages later. It works every time. Plus you get the added benefit of
not having to install a package and then update. You get the updates, if
any, installed when you make your selections of packages to add.

Enjoy.
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  David
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