Guest ADP Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 I cannot use RPMDRAKE and Software Installer without having to insert the installation disk 2. So I presume it is not installed on the hard disk and I do not know how to install it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidzoo Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 should be installed, but just as a precaution: Open a console, su to root and type: urpmi rpmdrake and see if that installs it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ADP Posted September 18, 2003 Report Share Posted September 18, 2003 I tried to install rpmdrake using “urpmi rpmdrake” and I get the answer: “everything is installed” Now perhaps the following would correct the problem: I read somewhere that there shouldn’t be any HDList files in the var/lib/urpmi directory. I checked that directory and there are hdlist.installation cd1, 2 and 3 and synthesis hdlist.installation cd1, 2 and 3. files. Should I remove these files? Regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted September 18, 2003 Report Share Posted September 18, 2003 Welcome! What are you trying to do? Just install stuff? DO NOT delete those....this is what to do; http://www.mandrakeusers.org/viewtopic.php?t=4937 What happens when you do; which rpm What is the output of rpm -qa | rpm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ADP Posted September 18, 2003 Report Share Posted September 18, 2003 I simply can't use rpmdrake if I don't put installation disk2 in the cdrom drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paleo Posted September 18, 2003 Report Share Posted September 18, 2003 does that mean that rpmdrake won't even start unless you have CD2 in the drive *before* you start it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlc Posted September 18, 2003 Report Share Posted September 18, 2003 Is it asking you to put in disk 2 and press enter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ADP Posted September 18, 2003 Report Share Posted September 18, 2003 It’s not asking me anything, rpmdrake won't even start unless I have CD2 in the drive. It keeps 'hunting' between the hard disk and the cdrom drive until I put in the disk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted September 18, 2003 Report Share Posted September 18, 2003 Supermount. Turn it off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ADP Posted September 18, 2003 Report Share Posted September 18, 2003 How do I turn off Supermount? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidzoo Posted September 18, 2003 Report Share Posted September 18, 2003 Open a terminal, su to root and type supermount -i disable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ADP Posted September 18, 2003 Report Share Posted September 18, 2003 Great, disabling Supermount has corrected the problem but it has created another one. I lost my cdrom and floppy drives. Now what do I do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Scrimpshire Posted September 19, 2003 Report Share Posted September 19, 2003 Now you'll have to mount them manually any time you want to use them. If you will post the contents of your /etc/fstab file, I will give you the exact commands to type or tell you how to correct your fstab to get them back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidzoo Posted September 19, 2003 Report Share Posted September 19, 2003 In KDE, right click on the desktop and go to Create New -> CD/DVD-Rom device From there, you will be able to tell it what mount point (typically /mnt/cdrom) for your CD-ROM. Then you can pick icons and everything too. To mount a CD, put it in the drive, right click on that icon and choose mount. It unmount/eject it, make sure all windows are closed that may have accessed the device (Konqueror, Nautilus), right click on the icon and choose unmount. Then you will be able to eject the cd. You can repeat the same for your floppy (/mnt/floppy) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted September 19, 2003 Report Share Posted September 19, 2003 Do you use kde? Rt-click the desktop>configure desktop (or something) and somewhere in there is a place to say what is and what is not shown on the desktop. I believe you can mount and unmount by rt-clicking the icons on the desktop. You can also do it from a terminal/console/CLI with the commands mount and umount [EDIT]try LiquidZoo's way first...he uses kde....I do not :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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