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bad CD... ?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jondowd@jeffnet.org)
Tue Dec 1 18:22:31 1998

From: jondowd@jeffnet.org
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Date: Tue, 1 Dec 1998 15:22:00 -0800
CC: linux-newbie@vger.rutgers.edu
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Date sent:      	Tue, 01 Dec 1998 17:09:20 -0500
From:           	Jonathan Sprague <jsprag@onet.net>
To:             	jondowd@jeffnet.org
Copies to:      	redhat-list@redhat.com, linux-newbie@vger.rutgers.edu
Subject:        	Re: Sorry, but the Broker on...

> hhmmmm...... sounds like a bad "new" CD
Well... It might have gone bad,  But I installed with it four times so 
far.
> 
> jondowd@jeffnet.org wrote:
> 
> > I wanted to 1st look in the archives for my answer but
> > http://archive.redhat.com/search.html  says...
> > "Sorry, but the Broker on archive.redhat.com, port 8501 is currently
> > unavailable. Please try again later."
> > Twelve hours later,  I'll ask you.
> >
> > During an install of RedHat 5.1 from a clean, new CD.
> > After booting with an install floppy.
> > Editing the partition table with Disk Druid.
> > Trying the install with formatting and not formatting swap.
> > Trying the install with formatting and not formatting /  .
> > Selecting packages, saying yes to logfile.
> > The install halts; error message...
> > "Fatal Error Opening RPM Database"
> > "OK" is the only option.  Clicking it results in an opportunity to
> > reboot.
> > What am I doing wrong?
> > Thanks for your help.
> >
> >
> >
> > Jon Dowd   -   Ashland, Oregon   USA
> > jondowd@jeffnet.org
> 



Jon Dowd   -   Ashland, Oregon   USA
jondowd@jeffnet.org


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