Subject: Re: Install fails transferring packages syslog
From: Adam Dershowitz (dersh@alum.mit.edu)
Date: Sat Dec 15 2001 - 12:26:30 MST
I do want a bunch more stuff, but I have tried the home/office. And
I even went so far as to try to install the minimum set figuring that
I could add the X stuff later, but I had not luck with that.
--Adam
>I had this problem when I attempted to install.
>I found that the choice of packages determined if the error showed up.
>Try installing with simpler packages (home/office if X is required
>or one of the smaller packages closest to the top of the installer
>list if console only) and adding other packages manually later.
>This may be related to some packages being on YDL disks other than
>the install CD (just a guess).
>On Friday, December 14, 2001, at 08:48 PM, Adam Dershowitz wrote:
>
>>I still can't get past "transferring packages" followed by "error
>>running transaction set" and "please correct this manually"
>>and I have tried a bunch of different things (text only, and
>>graphic installer, downloading the image from a different mirror
>>and reburning it, format then reboot and install, default and
>>custom install, many packages and disabling a bunch of them, I
>>tried creating a bootloader partition, just in case the installer
>>tried to write to that...) .
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