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(Contributed by Shannon B. Saylors, edited)
"I got this error:
Mount failed: Invalid Argument. Error mounting
ramdisk. This shouldn't happen, and I'm rebooting your system now.
I figured it out. It wasn't my media but my downloaded
file! I downloaded the ISO file again and found out that my first ISO download
wasn't completed (even though it said it was). Downloaded it again at night
when the servers weren't busy and BOOM! It worked! Hope this helps someone
from pulling out all their hair!"
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(From Mandrake
Forum)
Kenneth:
"After choosing Swedish as preferred language during install something goes
wrong. The install completes and after reboot:
- The login screen displays a "?" instead of "ä"
- When logging to KDE, the workspace is blank. Only the panel is visible.
I tried Normal install and Custom install, but the result is the same and
KDE2 is unusable."
Peder:
I had the same problem, along with segfaults when clicking 'Help/About' in
KDE applications,and found lots of errors regarding KDE switching to default
locale.
I switched to "sv" instead of "sv@ny" in '/etc/sysconfig/i18n' and everything
worked out swell.
LM user Michael Restrup adds (edited):
"Adding the line
LC_ALL=sv_SE
to the file '/etc/sysconfig/i18n' will make Perl stop
complaining about wrong locales settings."
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A large percentage of installation errors are due to
corrupt ISO images.
A way to check downloaded ISO images is running an 'md5sum' check. To do
this in Windows, get md5sum.exe,
switch to the directory where the ISO file is located and run (from a DOS
window):
md5sum -b [name].iso
Depending on the DOS version, you might have to rename
the ISO file according to the 8.3 convention first. The program will return
a 32 digit md5sum. Compare this digit with the one listed for this image
in the MD5SUM file on the server where you downloaded the ISO from. Repeat
for each image.
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(Reported by Christopher M.)
"I've been getting corrupt files with the 7.2 auto-install
floppy since the release. I finally figured out the problem....."
(...)
"The auto_inst.cfg file is corrupt and is never complete. The problem is
that the file is to big to fit on the floppy. If you add all the files up
in size, other than the auto_inst.cfg you will find that there is no room
left to put this full file onto the disk."
M's Quality Assurance is investigating in this problem.
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If '/' and '/usr' lie on different partitions, the font
specified in '/etc/sysconfig/i18n' doesn't get loaded, if this font isn't
in the '/etc/sysconfig/console' directory.
Fix: copy the font set in '/etc/sysconfig/i18n' from '/usr/lib/kbd/consolefonts/'
to '/etc/sysconfig/console/'.
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Due to wrong file permissions, kisdn-free refuses to
work for users.
Fix: change permissions as explained in ISDN For Users.
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After installing Helix GNOME on LM 7.2, the display
manager complains about not being able to find GNOME.
Cause: Due to bug in Helix-GNOME, '/etc/X11/gdm/Sessions/Gnome'
lacks the execution bit. Furthermore the execution bit, if set, will be removed
on each reboot.
Fix: As 'root', do
echo 'chmod +x /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions/GNOME' >>
/etc/rc.d/rc.local
Execute the chmod command itself to enable Helix GNOME
in the current session.
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