Re: F8 install failure at xinit

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On Sat, 2007-12-15 at 06:17 -0500, David Boles wrote:
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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.
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Fedora 8 (perhaps 7 did too) allows you to add repositories for
additional installation right from anaconda. Not that I disagree with
you but the option is there for those that want to add more stuff on
initial installation.

Craig


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