*sigh* Leo has a whole lot of burned cd's. There is also a box of 10 blanks left that I was going to keep and pay for, but they can be burned if needed.
I thought you tested them all as you burned them jason? Maybe others didn't. I got the mandrake cd's from e-caf and copied them a few times then dashed to the pre-fest meeting andd distributed them to the CD burning team. The copying could have been dodgy I suppose. If the person who thinks he has dud disks sould do the standard tests and let us have the results? If there is a problem they should be replaced, but I doubt all 4 are necessarily dodgy, he should specify which ones. There were instructions on the list a while ago and Jason, you know how to do it, I do not and have no need to learn at this point, could you tell the guy how to do it. To test the rpm files individually (as opposed to the whole cd) you can mount the cd and then cd to the RPM directory and run the appropriate command to check them. I suppose most people are too lazy to read the man page so: (CD mounted on /mnt/cdrom) cd /mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS (on cd 2 & 3 its RPMS2 & RPMS3 respectively) rpm --checksig --nogpg *.rpm that will flash by pretty quickly, so as an alternative: rpm --checksig --nogpg *.rpm > ~/rpmtest then you can peruse ~/rpmtest for errors. A quick check is: wc -l ~/rpmtest # tells you the number of lines in the file grep OK ~/rpmtest | wc-l #tells you the number of lines that contain OK if there is a difference then one ort more lines contains an error. However it is probably better to test the cd as a whole - Jason? On Wed, 19 Mar 2003 20:52:24+1200 Jason<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I was afraid of that. I KNOW mine were fine after testing the ISO > md5sum plus checking the final burned CD md5sums. However, I couldn't > verify Chris or Nick's and on a box mine would install on Chris's > would not. If I can get some blank disks, I will burn from my ISO's > any replacements needed. > > Nick?? CD's?? > > Cheers > > Jason Greenwood > > PS, any one else experiencing these problems, be aware, bad burns DO > occur. 9.1 MDK is out from today, on mirrors soon. If your problem is > not serious, I would wait for those disks. I will replace any one's > bung 9.0 disks with fresh 9.1's if they want to wait. > > My details are: > address 31B Whiteleigh Ave ChCh (Addington) > Phone: 03-338-3805 > Cell: 021-184-3160 > > Paul wrote: > > I did an install on a guys computer and he paid for all 4 disks > > (mandrake +plf), he has emailed me saying the disks are "buggered", > > which would explain why I couldnt get jump-n-bump working, > > considering he was a VERY powerful computer, and open office didnt > > even install. > > > > Will someone replace his disks? We had quite a lot of spare CDs > > didnt we? Please contact me with details. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Paul > > > > Hi there, > > > > Thanks for helping me install Linux on Saturday. > > > > Unfortunately I have run into a few walls: > > > > Firstly, I havn't been able to play any DVD's. Is there something > > I need to set up to get this going? > > Secondly, a lot of the rpm's on most of the install disks are > > buggered. The only reason I can think of this happening was if it > > was a poor copy. This is why OpenOffice and JumpnBump wern't > > installed properly. Where can I get another copy of the disks from? > > Would > > Linuxnut.co.nz send me a new set of disks (since I paid them a hefty > > $20 already)? > > > > Thanks for your help, > > Eion > > > > > > > > -- Nick Rout Barrister & Solicitor Christchurch, NZ Ph +64 3 3798966 Fax + 64 3 3798853 http://www.rout.co.nz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
