Thanks I know I should have, thats the penalty for being lazy, slapped
wrists
On Tue, 2002-03-05 at 09:50, Baal wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-03-05 at 04:46, richard bown wrote:
> > Mike try downloading from another mirror, I found on the swedish site
> > cello.se cd 2 on beta 3 must have been corrupted, the file size was
> > correct on download, but during a burn it always stopped about half way
> > through the write cycle,.
> > A second download from the same site gave the same, downloading from
> > another site cured it...maybe worth a try??
>
> You should check the md5sums of your isos instead of just comparing their size...
>More information is available here: http://linuxiso.org/md5sum.html
>
> Rergards
>
> Baal
> > HTH richard
> >
> > On Tue, 2002-03-05 at 00:48, Mike Eheler wrote:
> > > > 1. burn a new CD
> > >
> > > Pointless. This is the third set of cds (i've burned 8.2 beta 2, 3 & 4)
> > > that I've done. None have worked.
> > >
> > > > 2. try new CDR brand
> > >
> > > I'd rather not.. the cds themselves work fine if I use a different drive
> > > so I doubt very much that it's the cdr brand (Memorex 700MB black).
> > >
> > > > 3. change your CD drive
> > >
> > > I can use a different drive in my machine to install.. but since I have
> > > 3 IDE hard drives, and 2 IDE cd-rom (1 rw & 1 dvd) I have to unplug the
> > > writer to install. Doing this means that Mandrake won't set up the drive
> > > with ide-scsi so I can burn in 8.2.
> > >
> > > > 4. change your burner
> > >
> > > Ha!
> > >
> > > > 5. do not test
> > >
> > > So this is how mandrake answers bug reports? "If it doesn't work for
> > > you, don't bother". Makes me wonder why I bothered to purchase a boxed
> > > 8.1 and subscribe to MandrakeClub.
> > >
> > > > Warly
> > >
> > > Honestly, Warly. If that was all you had to say, perhaps you'd best not
> > > have answered in the first place. Now, how about actually trying to
> > > figure out what's wrong? Anyone? The CD seems to have no problem
> > > accessing the drive for booting, yet once it's booted it appears unable
> > > to mount the drive.
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
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