Re: RPM cannot be found during installation.

["Pete Peterson" <petersonp genrad com>]

> From: Matthew Stanfield <matthew propertyknowledge com>
> To: redhat-install-list redhat com
> Subject: Re: RPM cannot be found during installation.
> 
> > The results should agree with the published MD5 sums:
> > efab549656a1a85ab8fa39eb873eff0e  enigma-SRPMS-disc1.iso
> > 70703897af7703b40e41777a3aa186c3  enigma-SRPMS-disc2.iso
> > cf7bce0c1cdbfedfae29e60aef202f6f  enigma-i386-disc1.iso
> > fd705b3e5d0e37a828db35d21195a9f6  enigma-i386-disc2.iso
> > a8c48cfc9cf664f06d96823acd24fd7d  enigma-docs.iso
> > 
> > If these checksums come out wrong, but the checksums of the .iso
> > files are correct, there's something wrong with your burning process.
> 
> Thanks Pete. I don't have another linux system but I checked them after
> downloading with a dos md5sum program and the sums were correct. I just
> rechecked them and they are still correct <grin>.
> 
> I guess there's a problem with my burning. Have you seen my response to
> Rick (just sent)? I asked about whether I need big CDs to burn the
> enigma-i386-disk1 and 2 isos or whether 650MB cds are ok to use. Do you
> know about this?

I'm not sure whether 650 MB in CDR capacity means 650,000,000 bytes
or 650 * 1024 * 1024 bytes.  I have some "650MB" disks at home, I'll try
copying disk1 to one of them tonight -- if I remember...

Too bad you don't have another Linux machine to actually check the CDs,
but we're not defeated yet! :-) 

Let's hope your CD #1 is sufficiently good that you can use the rescue
mode.  On the initial screen when you boot the install disk, choose "rescue
mode" ("linux rescue"), respond to a query or two and then when it says it
will try to find an image, do the "skip" function.  That should get you to
a shell with a working "dd" and "md5sum".  Then try the commands I
mentioned in the previous message, except using "/tmp/cdrom" in place of
"/mnt/cdrom".  Check the reported MD5 sum against the list above.  Then
remove disk1 and do the same thing for disk 2 (don't forget to change the
"count=xxx" argument).

Let us know how those tests turn out.

> Also am I correct in thinking the enigma-SRPMS-disc1 and 2 isos are only
> needed if upgrading a RedHat Linux installation and that the
> enigma-i386-disc1 and 2 isos are used on their own if installing for the
> first time?

You need the SRPMs only if you want to rebuild packages from the sources.
Once you get your other problems solved, however, you make want to get
the "enigma-docs.iso" which has all kinds of good documentation stuff on it.

> Many Thanks and regards,
> 
> Matthew

Good Luck!

     pete

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