Problem after installation on a G3 600mhz iBook

[David Betz]

Linc,

Thanks for the tip. I tried unmounting /mnt/cdrom before running the  
"Add/Remove Programs" utility and got a bit further but still ended  
up getting an error dialog saying:

Error installing packages
There was an error installing packages.
Exiting.

It did mount the disk though. Any idea why things failed after that?  
I was trying to install the telnet-server.

Thanks,
David

On Jul 21, 2005, at 2:36 PM, linc wrote:

> Hi David,
>
>>
>>
>> This results in a dialog box prompting me to insert the "Yellow Dog
>> 4.0 disk 1". That disk is already in the CD-ROM drive so I click on
>> the "OK" button. I then get an error dialog that says:
>>
>> Unable to access disk
>> The disk was unable to be accessed for reading. Please
>> confirm that it is in the drive and try again.
>>
>> Trying again produces the same results.
>>
>> I know that the disk is readable because I can type "ls /mnt/cdrom"
>> from a shell prompt and get a directory listing of the CD. Does
>> anyone have any idea why the Add/Remove Programs utility can't see
>> what is on the CD? Is there a way around this problem?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> David Betz
>>
>>
>
> The install script wants to mount the cdrom for you.  Unmount it  
> before
> you click "OK".  I had the same problem.
>
> You might try setting up YUM to make it easy to install and update  
> from
> the Web.
>
> Linc
>
>