Re: Installation Prob: Many RPM script failures...

[Jan Carlson <janc iname com>]

What version of RH?

If it's 5.1, download the updated 5.1 boot disk image and
use rawrite.exe to put it on a floppy.
Also download the other updated floppy images if you
ever use them (rescue, sup, etc.).
http://www.redhat.com/mirrors.html
or (slow) ftp://updates.redhat.com

If you have 5.2, you don't need to update the boot diskette.

A clean start needs you to choose "Install" not "Upgrade",
and you must let it format all the partitions.   For now, stick
with just two or three Linux partitions:
/   swap and maybe /home.
Let us know how that goes, one more time.

(If you already have a partition with your own personal files
in it, you might not want to format it.)

Chris Wyatt wrote:

> I have been trying to install RH for about 3 three weeks now with little
> success.
>
> I believe the problem is during the package installation, I get many
> messages saying that particular package install failed because of an RPM
> script failure.  What is that?
>
> I plowed thru the install anyway and then did a 'verify all' and it dumped
> many screens of files.
>
> The install diskette or whatever seems to be recognizing my hardware OK.
>
> I've got...
> hda - IBM deskstar = Win 95 (sorry, i gotta)
> hdb - WD something = devoted to linux
> Pentium 233
> CDrom - Panasonic CR-585 (i think, it's an OEM.)
> video - Diamond V330
>
> The kernel seems solid (i guess) but I can't startx.  Something about
> libICE.so.6 missing/not found.  I generally don't have confidence that much
> of the stuff from the CD made it to hdb with all of those error messages and
> the large RPM -Va dump.
>
> What should I do?
>
> BTW, I'm an experienced computer guy but a UNIX newbie.  (in case it wasn't
> obvious)

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Jan Carlson
janc iname com   Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Mailed with Netscape 4.5 on Red Hat Linux 5.2