Hello, Martes G Wigglesworth wrote: > Greetings all. > > I noticed these messages yesterday after returning home from work where > my SL-6_x86-64 install had just failed. > > I decided to try repo switches and minimal installs. > I don't know what you mean by "repo switches" > Whatever you guys did to this install DVD set, it doesn't even make it > past the first package if the setup requires catapi. > Considering "catapi" isn't in the release, it's really hard to test that. > Did you guys test these dvds at all before making them available on the > 21-JAN-2011 date? (where this dvd was downloaded) > yes > I haven't seen any update information on this issue so I would like to > know what I should do to further investigate, or when you will make a > new set of x86_64 iso since this absolutely seems like a media issue. > The iso's work and have been tested quite a bit. Perhaps you need to make a new set of DVD's and make sure the sha1sum matches when you download. Or, since this is a known issue, don't select all the repos. > I ended up installing pcbsd-8.2 on this system but I really wanted to > use Scientific Linux 6 since the clusters and everything is run in > linux. I am about to start doing MPI/GPU research and I would really > like to test out the SL-6 distribution. (Mostly because I would imagine > that if it works for DoE then it probably works for my needs as well.) > If pcbsd works for you, that is fine. I am a true believer that a person or group should use what works for them. Troy -- __________________________________________________ Troy Dawson [log in to unmask] (630)840-6468 Fermilab ComputingDivision/SCF/FEF/SLSMS Group __________________________________________________