RE: [suse-sparc] 7.3 install oddities

From: Schaefer, Robert (PS) (Robert.Schaefer@ps.bellhowell.com)
Date: Tue Mar 05 2002 - 04:48:53 PST

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    From: "Schaefer, Robert (PS)" <Robert.Schaefer@ps.bellhowell.com>
    Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 07:48:53 -0500 
    Subject: RE: [suse-sparc] 7.3 install oddities
    

    I checked the MD5 sum for disk 1 and it checks out fine. (Disks 2 and 3 I'm
    not sure on, but I'm positive on Disk 1) But, I still get that message about
    the versions not matching. Also, if the disk were corrupt, wouldn't there
    have been more obvious or severe errors? (And wouldn't more people have
    reported this?)

    As to not being able to read the package labels, it's not going to the CD
    at this point, its getting its own list from the drive. Where is it getting
    this information from? Watching top, it looks like its using an rpm query
    to get a list of installed programs, is it then comparing to a master list
    somewhere, if so, where?

    Thanks for the help!

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    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: James Berry [mailto:jberry1@jam.rr.com]
    > Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 5:02 PM
    > To: Mike Guffin
    > Cc: suse-sparc@suse.com
    > Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] 7.3 install oddities
    >
    >
    > I got 7.3 running on an Ultra10 after a long struggle with Yast2
    > The downloaded cds were corrupt and had to be redone.
    > It may seem obvious, but use ftp (not browser) to download,
    > and check the MD5
    > sums!
    >
    > For Schaefer, YaST can't read the package labels (bad CD)
    >
    > When 7.3 runs, it is beautiful!
    >
    > James Berry
    >
    >
    >
    > Mike Guffin wrote:
    >
    > > I too have a similar problem...My SPRACstation 20 works
    > fine with 7.1, but
    > > when I install (clean or oherwise) 7.3...I get the "CD's
    > are not the same
    > > version" error when going from disc 1 to 2, etc...
    > >
    > > -----Original Message-----
    > > From: Schaefer, Robert (PS)
    > [mailto:Robert.Schaefer@ps.bellhowell.com]
    > > Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 9:23 AM
    > > To: 'suse-sparc@suse.com'
    > > Subject: [suse-sparc] 7.3 install oddities
    > >
    > > Well, I have FINALLY gotten 7.3 installed on my little
    > SparcClassic over
    > > the weekend. (It only took a new hard drive, and a
    > borrowed CD drive to
    > > get it all to work) I now have to minor issues. First,
    > the install keeps
    > > complaining that the CDs I'm using don't match the version
    > installed on the
    > > hard disk, which is interesting because these are the CDs I
    > used to install,
    > > so there can't be a different version! (Where's this value
    > stored, so I can
    > > see why it thinks this?) Secondly, when I go into the
    > install/remove
    > > programs
    > > portion of YaST2, it crunches for a while, and then comes
    > up with two values
    > > in the left window, which are z???? and zall (or something
    > close) and I
    > > can't
    > > add or remove any programs. Why would this be happening
    > and how can I fix
    > > it?
    > > I've got several packages installed that I want to remove
    > to give me some
    > > more
    > > disk space. (I don't plan on doing any KDE development or
    > even running KDE
    > > on this thing so want to remove all of that, same thing for
    > 3d development
    > > and
    > > so on)
    > >
    > > Thanks for the help!!!
    > >
     

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