As mentioned in my previous post I just completed a rebuild on my new
dns/mail server. And it was almost a disaster.
When loading from CDs I would get a dialog that an rpm could not be
found, perhaps bad media. I would pop out the CD, click OK and
things continued. Until finally it would not. I had two copies of
the CDs and neither worked!
So I happened to have the CDs on my web server (NT running Apache
2.something old) and since these systems were on the same subnet I
opted for an HTTP install.
Got that going and about 25% in, it hung. And no way to tell it,
please try the server again. (other systems could access the server
and see the files in question).
I tried to get apache running on another Linux system I am building
but took a wrong turn there so I desperation I tried the CD
install. Everything was working this time until disk 3 about the
last rpm. ARGH! So I took the CD out and cleaned it really well,
and it found the rpm ni question.
Oh what a weekend.
I have GOT to get a good way to do an install......
