Thanks to Rüdiger Meier for the solution to this one. The trick was to mount over the i686 file, which RPM was erroneously finding, and replace it with the functional i586 version, as he describes below. Cheers again Rüdiger. Hallo, Am Mittwoch, 5. November 2003 08:05 schrieb richard.foley@ubs.com:

Es probiert dieses datei zu installieren /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000001/MEDIA/suse/i686/gli bc-2.3.2-88.i686.rpm

Sollte aber, dieses datei benutzen: /var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000001/MEDIA/suse/i586/gli bc-2.3.2-87.i586.rpm

Oben, gibt es nur ein einziges datei im i686 verzeichnis - der

Es gibt noch MD5SUMS Wie kann ich dieses i686 verzeichnis von der Read-Only CDRom

loeschen?

Wenn es nicht da wäre, würde Yast vielleicht auch meckern. Mounte doch einfach "etwas anderes" dorthin. Probier doch mal das: Diskette einlegen $ mount /dev/fd0 /var/[...]/MEDIA/suse/i686/ $ cd /var/[...]/MEDIA/suse/ $ cp i586/glibc-2.3.2-87.i586.rpm i686/glibc-2.3.2-87.i686.rpm # beim Kopieren umbennen damit Yast später nichts vermisst $ md5sum i686/glibc-2.3.2-87.i686.rpm > i686/MD5SUMS # ist sicher auch wichtig für Yast Jetzt sollte Yast2 immer noch glibc.i686.rpm finden , aber installieren können, da es ja eigentlich die 586er Version von Diskette ist. (Die Architektur liest rpm meines Wissens nicht aus dem Dateinamen, sondern aus dem Inhalt) Vielleicht klappts!? Du kannst bestimmt statt Diskette etwas besseres benutzen, z.B ein loopback-device oder vielleicht noch einfacher (man mount). Oder aber Du brennst Dir eine modifizierte CD1. Grüsse, Rüdiger

-----Original Message----- From: Foley, Richard Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 8:12 AM To: 'suse-linux-e@suse.com' Cc: 'support@suse.com' Subject: RE: Failure to install SuSe 9.0 on Sony Vaio (glibc-2.3.2-88.i686 failed)

My installation of SuSe 9.0 on a Sony Vaio fails with the error messages at the base of this email.

Yast2 attempts to (via RPM) install the following package:

/var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000001/MEDIA/suse/i68 6/glibc-2.3.2-88.i686.rpm

When it should (clearly) be trying to install this one:

/var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000001/MEDIA/suse/i58 6/glibc-2.3.2-87.i586.rpm

In the i686 directory there is just this _single_ file. The rest of the installation appears to be in the i586 directory, which is clearly the one Yast2 should be using.

I guess the question is how do I affect the installation such that this i686 directory is unreadable, given that it resides on a 'Read-Only' filesystem, the CDRom.

Good question, huh?

I've got a root window open behind the installation, but clearly modifying the CD is a problem, does anyone know of a way to circumvent this behaviour, please?

TIA for any helpful suggestions.

And if SuSe Installation Support would look at this, I would be grateful...

Support-Key: 49285486109122

Richard Foley --- Ciao - shorter than Aufwiedersehen

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-----Original Message----- From: Foley, Richard Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 1:41 PM To: 'suse-linux-e@suse.com' Cc: 'support@suse.com'; 'suse-linux@suse.com' Subject: RE: Failure to install SuSe 9.0 on Sony Vaio (glibc-2.3.2-88.i686 failed)

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/i58 6/glibc-2.3.2-87.i586.rpm

and

/var/adm/YaST/InstSrcManager/IS_CACHE_0x00000001/MEDIA/suse/i68 6/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.

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Richard Foley --- Ciao - shorter than Aufwiedersehen

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-----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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