yellowdog 2.3

[Daniel Wilcox]

having been happy with my yellowdog 2.2 installation on my ibook2, i 
decided (against my better judgement) to invest in a yellowdog 2.3 
retail cd.  now i have a $40 paper weight as the cd fails to even 
complete an installation.  during the package installation stage it pops 
up an error that says:
	"Error running transaction set!
		Please correct this manually."

well after some poking around i was able to find the python scripts 
running the installer, though i am unsure as to how i should correct a 
read-only script (as it is on a cd), not to mention having never written 
any python before.  so what the solution to buying a brandnew $40 set of 
coasters in a slick dvd case?  ...i don't know, has anyone heard 
anything about bugfixes on the cd?  i am a very unhappy customer, i 
don't think i'll make the mistake of dealing with a commercial linux 
distributor again...ever.  i even already tried downloading the most 
recent iso and trying that, but i still get the same error message, 
additionally this error has nothing to do with the video mode, same 
error in ncurses or X, or hard drive space, same error base install vs. 
workstation install on 2GB partition, anyone have any ideas or should i 
just realize i bought some damn good coasters and leave my ibook2 with 
macos 10.

daniel

(been trying to get a reasonably up to date linux distro on snow (my 
ibook for the last year, with varying success at yellowdog 2.0, 2.1, and 
2.2... 2.3 looks like the biggest failure yet)