[Discuss] installpkg error #2

[Tim Holloway]

alright guys. thanks for the input. i'll try a different mirror site
and i'll see if i can find a diagnostic for my cd player. it's an acer
40X, but that probably doesn't help you much.

thanks again. i'll get back to you.

tim

On 12/6/06, Bill Leuze <billeuze at shaw.ca> wrote:
> 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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