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Distribution: Mac OS X 10.6.4 "Snow Leopard", Win 7, Ubuntu 10.04
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Did you download and burn CDs of mandrake? If so, did you check the MD5 checksums? You could have perhaps had a corrupt download and that is why your install didn't go right. I am guessing that those packages it wouldn't install are some that are required for X so you wouldn't be able to get any GUI without X properly installed.
The MD5SUMs are how you are able to check the quality and correctness of your ISO download. If the MD5SUM you generate from the downloaded ISO matches the MD5SUM provided from LinuxISO.org, then you have a good download. If they aren't the same, then you have a corrupt download.
You first need to install a MD5 Checker. Once that is done, you'll need to HASH the ISO file you downloaded. Compare the results with the MD5SUM provided at LinuxISO.org. They are right where you downloaded the ISO files. If you go back to the webpage, you'll see what I'm talking about.
Hey,
I had the same problem with Linux 10.1 on my ppc. My problem ended up being the partitioning. I did it, more or less, wrong and got very similar results.
I apologize if this is an obvious angle you've already looked at, but I saw you were new, and I am too, so thought I'd throw my $.02 in.
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