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Re: Three things seem to be broken in RedHat 5.1 CD-ROM
Program: glint
Problem: return error when trying to install/update from a cdrom
Solution: there is a new version of glint in
ftp.redhat.com/updates/5.1/i386/
Omer Zak wrote:
> Those things are not fatal, just somewhat inconvenient.
> I installed Linux from the official RedHat 5.1 CD-ROM.
> I found that three things don't work in the installation
> (Please pardon me for some missing/inaccurate details,
> I am writing the following from memory, the installation
> is somewhere else):
> 1. LILO was not successfully made to work, so a boot
> diskette is being used. This topic was discussed in
> other messages to Linux-IL, and I'll check into the
> option for linear addressing of the hard disk.
> At any case, this happened in both my installation
> and the installation of someone who asked for my help.
> 2. glint (RedHat's X-Window RPM manager) stops with
> an error (accompanied by obscure Python or whatisit
> traceback) when I command it to browse and list the
> packages on the RedHat executables CD-ROM (1st
> CD-ROM). I can however navigate and install packages
> which I see. I only can't see what new packages are on
> the CD-ROM.
> 3. The non-GPL'ed BRU backup software does not work
> on the PC which I use. When activated, it claims to
> fail some integrity checks.
> (The PC in question has a SCSI tape backup drive
> manufactured by HP, but the 'mt' command works
> with it without problems).
>
> Did anyone else see similar problems to problems 2,3
> above?
> What did he/she do about problems 2,3?
>
> I am NOT asking for advice yet - I am just asking for
> other people's experience with RedHat 5.1.
> When and if I'll ask for advice, I'll post as many details
> about the PC configuration as possible.
> --- Omer
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