Installing Problems with YDL 2.2 - Fails at reading local package database

[Simon White]

02-May-02 at 21:06, Jim Askey (jim@freshapplejuice.com) wrote :
> Hello,
> 
> I'm hoping that someone can help me! I'm trying to install YDL 2.2 on a 
> PowerMac 7500 with a 3dfx Voodoo 5 PCI and USB PCI card.  I have 
> installed BootX OK, and loaded into the installer using text mode and 
> kernel 2.2. The installer runs fine and i'm able to get upto the 
> beginning of the install of the packages. At that point, after the 
> installed says 'reading local package database' it comes up with
> 
> ERROR
> ----------- 
> PLEASE CORRECT MANUALLY

Try holding down alt and pressing F2, F3, and F4 and seeing if there is
any extra information there that can help. You will have to re-run the
install up to the point where it errors, of course.

At any point in the install you can do this.

ALT-F2 gives you access to a limited command shell (from which you may be
able to correct the error, if the machine hasn't crashed) but you have to
know what you're doing.

ALT-F3 gives you some basic system messages

ALT-F4 gives more involved system messages, and error messages.

Regards,

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