[Discuss] installpkg error #2

[Bill Leuze]

doesn't look good

if you are getting that many errors then you need to get a setup where you are not getting those errors. Can you check your install CD, maybe you need to get a clean copy, or maybe your CD drive is giving you errors.

Bill

At 11:51 AM 2006-12-06, you wrote:
>hey everyone.
>
>i started installing slackware late last night, but got a bunch of
>fatal error messages.
>
>they said the following:
>
>installpkg error #2
>There was a fatal error attempting to install
>/var/log/mount/slackware/a/aaa_base-11.0.0-noarch-2.tgz. The
>package may be corrupt, the installation media may be bad, or
>something else has caused the package to be unable to read
>without error. You may hit enter to continue if you wish, but if
>this is an important required package then your installation may not
>work as-is.
>
>i got the same error with the following files before i gave up:
>
>aaa_elflibs-11.0.0-i486-9.tgz
>acl-2.2.39_1-i486-1.tgz
>acpd-1.0.4-i486-2.tgz
>attr-2.4.32_1-i486-1.tgz
>
>but i read a couple of forum entries and linked to linux.org about
>tarballs and it sounds like i might be able to go on faith and see if
>the installation works by the end. it's just that last night when i
>tried, there were a lot of files named this way. the little list here
>is just what i discovered when i tried again this morning.
>
>help me?
>
>i hope this is what the listserv is for. i appreciate your help.
>
>tim
>
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