-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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. - -- David -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) iD8DBQFHY7fUAO0wNI1X4QERAlUqAJ4uNHymy1B+ima8Z1jCfrfA2PIbyQCg88fG IesEfx4sR3Erw3des8DfdJo= =dixD -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
