On Wednesday 30 November 2005 9:20 am, you wrote:
The install was going through just fine, and now the problem I'm having appears to be more a software issue than a hardware issue. During the install it's telling me that it's missing a file needed to complete the install. SuSe did not allow me to skip the installation of this package. I did select some packages outside of the minimum install, and while I did make sure to check dependencies, perhaps that's not as reliable as I had hoped?
I'm sorry I can't be more specific about what file was missing and what package was being installed that the file was needed for. It was something I noticed when I checke the SuSe install right before leaving work last night. I'm going to go back through and do either a full install or a minimum install. That way I can be sure that all of packages are being installed with the necessary dependencies.
-Myles
Please don't top-post. Please reply to the list only unless specifically asked to go private email. You lose a lot of exposure to experienced helpers. Check your email program for "Reply To List" capabilities. Thanks and now on to the issue at hand: I really, really, very strongly, recommend trying the FailSafe option. It just might get you past all these lockups and CD/DVD drive/media reading issues. If it installs then we can go back and enable the options one at a time to see which breaks/fixes whatever. Another thought is to check www.CDFreaks.com for CD/DVD drive firmware updates. That may cure some CD/DVD drive issues. Stan