Problems with x86 installation

[Bob Van Cleef]

> On Fri, 10 Aug 2001, Michal Moskal wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Aug 09, 2001 at 02:04:20PM -0700, Bob Van Cleef wrote:
> > > 
> > > FYI - I followed up with an install attempt that selected the default
> > > partition sizes.  The partitions were created without problem, but
> > > the partions were left basically empty, just a couple of empty 
> > > directories, but no binaries were installed.
> > 
> > Maybe you could cite last few messages from installation?
> > After 100...200... etc?
> 
> I'll go back and run a re-installation.  I do not remember any error 
> messages at all and did not record any in my notes.

1 - I saw an error, but, as a first-timer, didn't realize it was an error 
message: Poldeck: Buggy package set
I would recommend expanding it to something like:
	Poldeck: Fatal error - buggy package set

2 - If I do not change the package selections, the installation
appears to run - it is running as I type on another system.
    If I select all packages, it fails.
    If I only add:
	Apache web server + PHP
	MySQL database server
    it still fails.

Running "installer | more" I see:
	broken dependencies
		apache-mod_perl-1.26-1
		mysql-bench-3.23.39.-1
		mysql-extras-perl-3.23.39-1
		(and others)
	not found
		php - a bunch of stuff
		rsynch and others

Recommendation:
	Have installer keep a log so that the output could be
reviewed for errors.

Of course, apache, php and mysql are central to my interest in
this distribution, so this is a disappointment.

Bob
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