Thanks Lance. The suggestions have solved it.
Linz
On Thu, 2005-02-24 at 09:28 +1300, sirlancelot wrote:
> Hi Lindsay.
>
> I have had similar error messages when using the original disk, but had
> better success when I used a copied disk. I think that the files are
> compressed on the disk and the problem occurs when the files are being read
> and uncompressed at similtaneously.
>
> I suggest that you try making a copy of the disk, check that you get no
> errors while the disk is being read. If you do, abort the process and try
> again. Since the files are not being uncompressed at the same time you will
> likely get an error free read. The fault is probably not so much with the
> disk as your drive.
>
> As Nick mentioned, you will need to format the partition as ext3 or reiserfs
> during the install, but it won't matter what it is before you start, it can
> even be unformatted, just select that partition and agree to let the
> installer format the partition.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Lance B
