just installed mandrake 9.1

vlok stone vlokstone at yahoo.com
Sat Apr 26 11:09:59 EDT 2003


I'll bring disks to the meeting. All that want a copy
please request now and I'll burn copies. 

--- umar <umar99 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> damn... i downloaded it from school computer and it
> took me a whole month to download three CDs because
> all the mirrors were always busy. Now I am having
> exams and then summer will start. Damn. I thought it
> would be the first time I'll install linux only once
> and everything will work fine. But the legend
> continues. Anyway, I didn't install gnome because I
> only use kde. I tried to run programs manually but
> not
> many of them work. So I am guessing its a bad
> install.
> I'll try to downlaod the cd again, and yes, I will
> remember to check the md5sum. 
> 
> Thanks for your help, everyone. 
> Umar
> 
> 
> --- JJ Neff <jjneff at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > This was the exact same thing I was going to POint
> > out.  I had to download ALL
> > my 9.0 cds more than once to get a good md5sum
> check
> > and one of the three 9.1
> > cds needed to be downloaded twice on my machine. 
> I
> > always check the md5sum
> > now.  You can do it auto (the cool way) or just
> run
> > md5sum <filename>  and then
> > compare the output to the md5sum listed on the
> > bottom ofthe download website
> > for each CD.
> > 
> > Good luck
> > 
> > JJN
> > --- Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com> wrote:
> > > I have seen many many bad cd's, especially from
> > downloads. You need to
> > > do an md5sum on the cd's. If you did an install
> > and got errors during
> > > the install, this is most likely due to corrupt
> > cd's or a hardware
> > > issue, but I would bet on the cd's being the
> > problem. Get the md5sum
> > > list from where you downloaded the cd's and run
> > the md5sum program on
> > > the cd's, you will be glad you did.
> > > On Thu, 2003-04-24 at 19:23, umar wrote:
> > > > and well... maybe something went wrong... cuz
> > nothing
> > > > seems to be working... I mean... when kde
> loads,
> > there
> > > > is nothing in the "start" menu... only
> bookmarks
> > and
> > > > quick browser... no programs... and nothing
> > happens
> > > > when I click the home icon on the desktop. I
> can
> > also
> > > > see the icons for the windows partition but
> they
> > are
> > > > not mounted and hence not accessible. I
> haven't
> > > > experimented a lot with it... but I thought I
> > should
> > > > post it here and get some feedback from you
> > guys. Let
> > > > me know how was your experience when i install
> > mdk
> > > > 9.1. I installed all the standard packages. I
> > did see
> > > > an error installing a package during first
> CD...
> > I
> > > > don't remember which package was that... I
> just
> > > > presumed it's not a very important one and
> > continued
> > > > with out. If that's the cause then I might
> > download
> > > > the first cd again. 
> > > > Let me know your experiences. 
> > > > 
> > > > Umar
> > > > 
> > > > 
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> > > 
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