[plug] frustrated.....plzz help !

[Russ Pitman]

On Sun, Aug 10, 2003 at 12:53:45PM +0600, asif wrote:
> I got 'original' Redhat 8.0 CDs and tried to install it on my pretty old
> machine (P-II 350, 64 RAM..). But after the 'Media Check' it always shows 'FAIL'.
> Someone told me the problem is either with the CDs or my CD-ROM drive (Asus 50X). Then i went to my cousins house and checked on his PC with Asus 52X drive.
> The media check showed success. I brought that NEW CD-drive along with me and tried again on my PC. guess what.....FAIL ! 
> 
> then i tried installing it anyway and blew up my partition as it stopped halfway
> showing the following message.
> 
> ERROR
> **********
> The file /mnt/sysimage/var/tmp/glibc-common-2.2.93-5.i386.rpm cannot be opened. This is due to a missing file, a bad package, or bad media. Press <return> to try again.
> *********************************************************************************************
> 
> Plz help me with this.
> 
> rgds. 
If the cable is ok check that the jumper is _not_ set to cable select.

Otherwise I would try some different distro. RH8.0 drove me to switch to 
mandrake.
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Cheers
Russ.