sounds to me like either your cdrom drive is fubared or something is up
with
the IDE bus.

try using another cdrom drive.

also, I have mirrors both the mandrake 7.2 and 8.1 CD images here on my
ftp server (pretorian.ath.cx:21 anonymous) You can try a network setup
from here....

Technomage

Jim wrote:
> 
> WAIT!  I just tried to reload from an old M8.0 cd and got the same error.  It
> says:
> 
> An error occurred
> nothing found while parsing /mnt/var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.CD 1 Installation (x86)
> (cdrom).cx.
> 
> Anyone have any idea what the heck is happening.  I am getting real confused
> and running on this old P-133 isnt making things easier.
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