Further to this I have investigated the media at point of failure and have found 2 glibc packages: /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000001/MEDIA/suse/i586/glibc-2.3.2-87.i586.rpm and /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000001/MEDIA/suse/i686/glibc-2.3.2-88.i686.rpm Presumably i686 is used because 'i686' is returned by the command: uname -m Which doesn't explain why the earlier i586 packages were installed though. ... Richard Foley --- Ciao - shorter than Aufwiedersehen

-----Original Message----- From: Foley, Richard Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 11:43 AM To: 'suse-linux-e@suse.com' Cc: 'support@suse.com'; 'suse-linux@suse.com' Subject: Failure to install SuSe 9.0 on Sony Vaio (glibc-2.3.2-88.i686 failed)

I have a Sony Vaio PCG-C1MGP running SuSe 8.0 and have been trying unsuccesfully to install 9.0.

It fails with the following message:

Installation of package glibc-2.3.2-88.i686 failed.

Details are:

filesystem-9.0-6.i586.rpm installed ok suse-release-9.0-6.i586.rpm installed ok aaa_skel-2003.9.18-4.i586.rpm installed ok glibc-2.3.2-88.i686.rpm failed

rpm output:

package glibc-2.3.2-88 is intended for a i686 architecture

So I'm stuffed - unless anyone can think of a solution, please?

ps. I'll try and get a German version of some of this written out for the main list shortly.

Meanwhile any helpful suggestions appreciated.

TIA

Richard Foley --- Ciao - shorter than Aufwiedersehen

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