RE: RPM cannot be found during installation.

["Mugleston, Brad" <brad mugleston gwl com>]

This may not be the best answer but do a custom installation and don't
install that program then go back later and manually install it if you need
it - maybe from the web if the CD isn't working OK.



> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Matthew Stanfield [SMTP:matthew propertyknowledge com]
> Sent:	Wednesday, March 27, 2002 10:17 AM
> To:	redhat-install-list redhat com
> Subject:	RPM cannot be found during installation.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> During my installation of RedHat Linux 7.2 I got as far as the actually
> installing files stage. But the following message popped up:
> 
> "The file
> /mnt/source/RedHat/RPMS/popt-1.6.3-1.03.i386.rpm
> cannot be opened. This is due to a missing file,
> a bad package or mad media."
> 
> When I switched the 'virtual view' (ctrl+alt 3) to the command shell and
> changed to the directory above (/mnt/source/RedHat/RPMS/) the file in
> question (popt-1.6.3-1.03.i386.rpm) was definately not there. Although
> lots
> of other RPM files where there.
> 
> My problem is the Linux install program is only offering me an 'OK' button
> that retries the file -the same message just appears every time I click OK
> or press enter. No 'Ignore' or 'Continue Anyway' button is offered. How am
> I supposed to proceed?
> 
> I tried mounting my cdrom (as the file is definately on the CD and appears
> to be fine, not corrupt or anything) so I could manually copy the file
> accross but the linux shell won't let me use 'mount' (permission is denied
> -despite being root- and another of the virtual views shows mount being
> set
> to -1).
> 
> Any ideas what I should do? If 'start the installation again' then how do
> I
> stop this from happening next time as well?
> 
> Thanks and regards,
> 
> Matthew
> 
> 
> 
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