Subject: Re:YDL 2.1 install failure: transferring packages
From: Adam Dershowitz (dersh@alum.mit.edu)
Date: Tue Dec 04 2001 - 18:39:25 MST
Thanks for this info.
But in my case it seems that root is in fact mounted. So that does
not seem to be the problem.
I have tried to install a whole bunch of different ways (default or
not, repartition or not, minimum or much more, or choosing my own
packages, text or graphic installer). I even re-downloaded and
reburned the disk image from a mirror just to be sure.
Each time I get the same error. It seems to finish reading the
install database, then it resolves package dependencies, then it
brings up "transferring packages" sits there a little while, with the
CD busy for a while, but not displaying any more info about specific
packages or making any other progress. Then it brings up the message
"error running transaction set" and "please correct this manually"
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>We installed YDL 2.1 on a G4 on top of a Champion 1.2 installation.
>Our configuration had separate partitions for /usr/local and /home
>and we wanted to retain these.
>
>During the 'transferring packages' phase, we encountered the "Error
>running transaction set. Please correct manually."
>
>By looking at the other virtual consoles (ALT-3 or ALT-4) we traced
>this to a failure to mount the root partition. To correct the
>situation, we pressed ALT-2 to get to the install> prompt. Here we
>ran /sbin/parted and used the mkfs sub-command to regenerate the
>root filesystem. This was followed by a check sub-command. Then we
>ensured that there were no remaining harddisk partitions mounted
>and rebooted. Finally we repeated the install process and everything
>went very smooth.
>
>On future installs of this nature, I would probably go to the
>install> prompt before the package copy phase and ensure that any
>filesystems that YDL 2.1 will be installing on are empty. For such
>custom installs, I'll use the text installer until I learn how to
>switch from virtual console 2 back to the GUI, ALT-7 did not work.
----Adam
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