two packages error'd out
 

got me an old thinkpad 390e and what better to do with this is to slak it.
during install two packages would not install due to disk error..
fuse-2.7.4-i486-2.tgz
qt-3.3.8b-i486-2.tgz

info on fuse:
huh?

and qt i cant find a good read.
i do remember having to install this a few years ago but my brain is lacking these days.

this box is only going to browse internet, ssh to home server.

are these really needed?

most likely after install is complete, i'll find out.

Neither of these is needed for a basic installation, and you can probably add them in later if needed.

QT is used for the user interface in KDE (and possibly a few other programs).
fuse is needed for some fancy stuff with file systems but a basic system should work without them.

You should be able to install an internet enabled machine without them, and install them later from the network if needed.

HTH

If you have disk error, you may have trouble down the road. During the setup, did you format your partition with the check for bad blocks. As you have disk errors, it would have been preferable.

Another possibility is to run the check on the currently installed system. Run as root:

change /dev/hda1 with the actual device name for your partition.

This command assumes that you formatted your partition as ext2, ext3 or ext4. If you used another format, please check which tool is necessary to run a check of the partition.

Hi,
Just a side note. If you are wanting to fsck a filesystem then be certain to be unmounted. You can boot with a install cd/dvd or a LiveCD to insure that the filesystem is not used by anyone other than root. I add a stanza in my '/etc/lilo.conf' to boot to 'single' to insure no conflicts.

thanks.

its up and running except for wireless< another day>. too laggy to even try KDE.
the disk error was definately the cd.
if anything, i'll load qt so its possible to use some KDE apps in flux.

thanks again