Linux Help (banditjon, other linux people)

[TRXRacing]

I just downloaded Mandrake Linux 9.1 (i586) and burned it to cd-r
but I'm having a problem with installation. This is the message I am getting:
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PerlIO.pm did not return a true value at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/lib.pm line 6.

BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/lib.pm line 6.

BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/lib.pm line 6.

Compilation failed in require at /usr/bin/runinstall12 line 30.

BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/bin/runinstall12 line 30.

install exited abnormally :-(

sending termination signals . . .done

sending kill signals . . .done

unmounting file systems . . .

/proc
/tmp/image

you may safely reboot your system
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What do you guys think? I'm gonna try buring the ISO again in Nero and see if that fixes the problem. If you have any other ideas, let me know. Thanks. I have now experienced problems on EVERY type of computer/OS I've used. I think it is a conspiracy for machines to take over the World. We must stop them:devious: :evil:

[RadicalRustler]

"your cd may not have downloaded properly. did you do an md5 check? its a little file that you download and compare to the iso with a program called md5sum." The local geek has spoken - lol my bro

Hope this helps

[TRXRacing]

I have the 2 ISO's on cd-r's and then I burned the image file. If it doesn't check out with that program, is there anyway I can avoid d/ling it again? I only have dial-up so it would really suck if I had to d/l it again...My friend has cable though...but he already downloaded it for me.

[RadicalRustler]

lol we have dial-up too. And mt bro tries to download a linux every once in a blue moon. If you are going to, download it at night, when nobody calls. Or find the iso on the internet instead of the whole thing

[ND4SPDR]

Where'd you dl Mandrake from?

[TRXRacing]

http://www.linuxiso.org has lots of different distro's to download.

[isez2001]

If you manage to muster up the courage to download linux over a dial-up connection, make sure you get a download manager first. I use Internet Download Manager (www.internetdownloadmanager.com), which lets me pause my downloads, and also has a nifty scheduler that allows me to have the program start and stop the download automatically. It will even dial for you, if necessary.

[banditjon]

Sorry 43... gonna have to agree with rad rusty. md5sum those bad boys and let us know what you find.

-jj

[ND4SPDR]

Thanks.

[jcook]

What is a linux or what is linux? I read the whole thread but i am lost. i even went to the websites and still can't figure it out. help me out

[TRXRacing]

I don't know if it is a good thing or a bad thing but both iso's checked out fine. I could see the cd's I burned being bad if I used easy cd creator to burn them but I used Nero and I've never had a problem with it before. I'm just gonna d/l Red Hat if you guys don't have any other ideas....It'll be 105 hours to d/l each ISO (2) so I'll see you guys next month:rollin:

[TRXRacing]

Like Windows, Linux is an operating system for your computer. It is a much more stable OS than Windows plus it's free. Many ISP's (Internet Service Providers) and other large computer oriented businesses use Unix/Linux since it isn't proprietary and when they need a new program they can create it themselves saving even more money.

[RadicalRustler]

you go to school right? Find out if one of the comp teachers has the linux(S) that you want so you don't have to download. And you said that nero's never given you a probl. try using nero

[TRXRacing]

I'm out of school, for this year anyway...the comp. teacher I have only has TurboLinux (I'm already borrowing it). I did use nero to burn the cd's. I think it's just something missing (or the wrong file) in the installation program. Could I just copy the entire cd to my hard drive and avoid the install? I have a 196MB primary swap partition and a 5GB EXT2 formated partition for Linux. Thanks.

[RadicalRustler]

you sure you can boot up like that to install?

[TRXRacing]

I'm using Partition Magic and Boot Magic...I had Caldera 2.03 installed on the partition already.