I installed from the DVD today on Windows XP.<br>I have done so before without problems.<br>I enclose the update-self log details:<br><br>) <br><br>TL>(<br>temp\tar.exe -xf temp\texlive.infra.win32.tar <br> if errorlevel 1 goto :rollback <br>
) <br><br>TL>tlpkg\tlperl\bin\perl.exe .\texmf\scripts\texlive\<a href="http://tlmgr.pl">tlmgr.pl</a> _include_tlpobj tlpkg\tlpobj\texlive.infra.tlpobj tlpkg\tlpobj\texlive.infra.doc.tlpobj tlpkg\tlpobj\texlive.infra.win32.tlpobj <br>
Cannot chdir to S:: Permission denied at .\texmf\scripts\texlive\<a href="http://tlmgr.pl">tlmgr.pl</a> line 3926<br><br>TL>if errorlevel 1 goto :rollback <br><br>TL>echo [Sat 06/03/2010 14:12:21.57] failed self update: texlive.infra (15923 -> 17193) texlive.infra.win32 (15928 -> 17230) 1>>"C:/texlive/2009/texmf-var/web2c/tlmgr.log" <br>
<br>TL>echo failed self update: texlive.infra (15923 -> 17193) texlive.infra.win32 (15928 -> 17230) 1>con <br><br>TL>echo Rolling back to previous version ... 1>con <br><br>TL>for %I in (__BACKUP_texlive.infra.r15923.tar __BACKUP_texlive.infra.win32.r15928.tar) do (<br>
temp\tar.exe -xf temp\%I <br> if errorlevel 1 goto :panic <br>) <br><br>TL>(<br>temp\tar.exe -xf temp\__BACKUP_texlive.infra.r15923.tar <br> if errorlevel 1 goto :panic <br>) <br><br>TL>(<br>temp\tar.exe -xf temp\__BACKUP_texlive.infra.win32.r15928.tar <br>
if errorlevel 1 goto :panic <br>) <br><br>TL>tlpkg\tlperl\bin\perl.exe .\texmf\scripts\texlive\<a href="http://tlmgr.pl">tlmgr.pl</a> _include_tlpobj tlpkg\tlpobj\texlive.infra.tlpobj tlpkg\tlpobj\texlive.infra.win32.tlpobj <br>
Cannot chdir to S:: Permission denied at .\texmf\scripts\texlive\<a href="http://tlmgr.pl">tlmgr.pl</a> line 3926<br><br>TL>if errorlevel 1 goto :panic <br><br>TL>echo [Sat 06/03/2010 14:12:24.35] failed self restore: texlive.infra (15923) texlive.infra.win32 (15928) 1>>"C:/texlive/2009/texmf-var/web2c/tlmgr.log" <br>
<br>TL>echo failed self restore: texlive.infra (15923) texlive.infra.win32 (15928) 1>con <br><br>TL>echo FATAL ERROR: 1>con <br><br>TL>echo Infrastructure update failed and backup recovery failed too. 1>con <br>
<br>TL>echo To repair your TeX Live installation download and run: 1>con <br><br>TL>echo <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet/update-tlmgr-latest.exe">http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet/update-tlmgr-latest.exe</a> 1>con <br>
<br>TL>pause 1>con <br><br>TL>exit /b 666<br clear="all"><br>I downloaded and installed update-tlmgr-latest.exe and ran that.<br><br>I also tried tlmgr option repository <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet">http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet</a><br>
<br>this command has worked in the past but today the error message said it had failed to chdir to S:<br><br>S; being the DVDRW drive which the install took place from.<br><br>Could this be an unwell tlmgr-latest? The title bar says padate rather than update.<br>
<br>Well if anyone can be of any help please respond,<br><br>Thanks<br><br>Hugh Macmillan<br><br><br>-- <br>registered linux user #305794<br>