From: "Robert Comer" 

It really sounds like your CD is bad. (or the drive is bad)

And is, it could work up to a point and then fail like you say.

- Bob Comer


"Antti Kurenniemi"  wrote in
message news:3e22a72b{at}w3.nls.net...
> Now I'm not happy with this Linux thing at all.
>
> I'm trying to install Samba so that I could move files between my Windows
> and Linux systems (I think Samba is what I need, right?), but it's getting
> to be a bit too difficult for me (I'm going to a Linux training course in
a
> few weeks, maybe that'll help).
>
> I burned the files to a cd from my windows box (Konqueror kept crashing
> while downloading), and am now trying to set this thing up somehow. First,
> Nautilus started crashing and will no longer work at all - which I don't
> mind 'cause it was really stupid anyway. So I started Konqueror, and tried
> running the rpm's from there - but it says that some "common" file is
> required.
>
> Okay, then I downloaded everything from the Samba download place, made a
new
> cd, and tried running that. Konqueror started crashing, and Nautilus won't
> even run at all anymore. No biggie, I finally got Konqueror to run enough
so
> that I was able to see that I now have the Samba-common rpm which I think
is
> what was missing, and when I click on it it brings up a few dialogs - and
> still doesn't want to install.
>
> Okay, so maybe I can't do this straight from the cd, let's copy everything
> to a temporary directory (which is what the readme file told me to do -
see,
> I read those!). Select all files from the cd, go to /home, create a new
> directory, open it, hit Ctrl+V to paste, and it says "the file or
directory
> /mnt/cdrom/samba/samba-common-2.2.7-1.1mdk-i586.rpm does not exist." Funny
> thing is, it shows the exact file name that I was trying to copy! So, back
> to the cd, try right-clicking and selecting Copy, seems okay, then
directly
> to the newly created folder, and again: file does not exist, with the
exact
> path and filename of the exact file I'm trying to copy.
>
> Right, so how about I drag this file? Alright, start dragging, looks okay,
> release mouse and bam! file does not exist.
>
> So, the question is this: how can this really be this stupid? Are there
any
> file managers that actually work, and how can a file not exist if I am
> dragging the file with the mouse? I am also able to run the file to a
> certain point, so the cd shouldn't be faulty. Is there any way to install
> anything without installing several things here and there - like, is there
> an installer application or something for Samba (or anything else) that
> would come with everything I need?
>
>
> The more I try to use Linux the more I like Windows - it may be so-so in
> security and such, but at least the basic, normal things, like copying a
> file or installing an app, work without this sort of nonsense. This has
been
> nothing but headache.
>
>
> Antti Kurenniemi
>
>

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