On Tue, 2006-01-03 at 11:16 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> 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......
>
>
I've done more than 500 http installs and 150 CD/DVD installs with only
2 problems (both were scratched media).
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