Hi,
I thought I had bad CD's because I kept getting error messages trying to
install apache and acroread, among other programs. I even changed CD-Rom
drives, to no avail. This was with the error in httpd.conf message coming
up.
I went back to the store and exchange the package, only to find when I
returned home that I was getting the same messages. Obviously something
else. I went back and reformatted the disk (a 9gig Quantum SCSI on a Tekram
390 card. This whole thing has been quite an experience. At first I got
the "we expect x-heads and y-sectors so if you're using an OS other than
DOS, look out" message (well, ok, words to that effect), which I found I had
to fix by disabling the >1 (or was it 2?)gig support parameter.
Then I had the problems with errors installing from the CD. Most
disconcerting is that I run the SuSE box as a server, connected to a cable
modem at one end, which uses a 3com 3c509 card. No sign of this card on the
boot disk, or the modules disk. But the first time around SuSE seemed to be
able to find the card after setup, and I had the network up and running, at
least for a while. Oh, and yast2 hung my machine (a cyrix 200 with 96
megs).
And startx wouldn't run for me as a regular user, only as root. And
when it ran (nifty exploding bombs wallpaper, I couldn't find netscape, nor
anything else that looked like a network browser.
I also got messages about segmentation faults, and what was it, a whole
bunch of messages about some process respawning too fast, wait five minutes.
So I blew everything away and reinstalled again. And this time SuSE can't
seem to find the 3c509 *or* the NE2000 card.
So right now it will boot up fine, no httpd.conf errors, but the
dhcpclient isn't doing so well, since it thinks it only has lo to play with.
Not a very pleasant way to spend two days (so far).
Stan Koper
----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Geske
During install of SuSE 7, I had numerous "CPIO: BAD MAGIC NUMBER" errors. Could this possibly mean I had damaged CDs also?
What makes these other people think they had bad CDs?
After getting the error, I would try again and again and again, and it would finally finish installing the package I had the errors on. Although, a couple would not install at all, no matter what.
Chris Geske LIMS Manager Northern Lake Service, Inc. ph: 715-478-2777 email: geskec@newnorth.net
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