That info doesn't surprise me. I bought 7.1 at best buy and could not get it to install from cd's so I finally installed from a hd partition after dowmloading it. I think I will take your suggestion and try to find an older version on an ftp mirror. ----- Original Message ----- From: "der.hans" To: "plug" Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 5:27 AM Subject: Re: RPM > Am 19. Sep, 2000 schwäzte John W so: > > > I seem to have lost the ability to install RPM using rpmdrake in Mandrake > > 7.1. I installed from a windows partition and have since moved the > > directory(in the interest of space).I also cannot install from the cdrom it > > does seem to be able to read from the cdrom anymore. > > Anyone have any ideas? > > John, > > rpmdrake is bbb (broken beyond belief) in 7.1. Did an install yesterday > and /usr/sbin/urpmi.addmedia is really, really hosed. They obviously never > ran it, much less tested it. > > Methods for http, ftp and cdrom are not going to work as it came on the > CDs I have. > > I haven't check local, so that might work. > > At Stammtisch tonight Kevin suggested wiping 7.1 and moving back to 7.0. I > think he specifically said 7.0.2. I guess 7.1 in general is pretty hosed. > > ciao, > > der.hans > -- > # der.hans@LuftHans.com home.pages.de/~lufthans/ www.Opnix.com > # Science is magic explained. - der.hans > > > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss