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    Mandriva installation failed on inspiron6400

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by skrbhatt, Apr 6, 2007.

  1. skrbhatt

    skrbhatt Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a Dell Inspiron6400 running Windows vista.
    I got a dvd of Mandriva2007 from my friend and tried to install, but after booting to the dvd, it says "could not mount compressed loopback" and exits from the installation. What do i do now?
    The error is encountered after i press 'installation', the kernel loads, and it tries to mount the files on to the memory.
    Please help guys
    thanks
     
    skrbhatt, Apr 6, 2007
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    BigV Notebook Deity

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    BigV, Apr 6, 2007
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    skrbhatt Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks for leading me to the link.
    Even there nobody seems to know. Someone has already posted about it and has no reply. Its not a dell issue, because he has toshiba laptop. a 'laptop' issue? no idea.
     
    skrbhatt, Apr 7, 2007
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