[CentOS] Re: Curiosity when installing CentOS 5.1 in addition to W98 WXP - SOLVED
On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 4:47 PM, MHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 4:35 PM, Scott Silva [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 5-12-2008 10:17 AM MHR spake the following: It might not have finished the install, and something made it reboot before it had written the grub records. I figure I'll just start over and sit there to watch while I read a book or something. (sigh) Turns out it looks like the DVD didn't burn quite right (even though K3B verified it) and the install aborted about 2/3 of the way through. Thanks! mhr ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Re: Curiosity when installing CentOS 5.1 in addition to W98 WXP - SOLVED
MHR wrote: Turns out it looks like the DVD didn't burn quite right (even though K3B verified it) and the install aborted about 2/3 of the way through. if you have a newer '16X' or whatever DVD burner, tell your burning software to go no faster than 8X, and your disks will be 100% more reliable the higher speed modes are 'constant angular velocity', while the 8X mode is 'constant linear velocity', and seems to generate far fewer errors on the last (outer) part of the disk.I've found this to be true with various model burners and various types of blank media. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Re: Curiosity when installing CentOS 5.1 in addition to W98 WXP - SOLVED
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 3:25 PM, John R Pierce [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: if you have a newer '16X' or whatever DVD burner, tell your burning software to go no faster than 8X, and your disks will be 100% more reliable I've noticed that - in my (now defunct) Emprex 16x burner, the 12x DVDs were good virtually anywhere, but the 16x DVDs were chancy. On my old (even deader) Hammer (Panasonic) burner, it was 8x (didn't support 12x). Now I have a Pioneer 18x that supports 12x as the next lowest speed (!), and a brang new Samsung (TSST) 20x drive that maxes out at a whopping 2.47x (no kidding - that's my need for the new firmware...). I'll try an 8x burn and see how that does - almost certainly will be better Thanks. mhr ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Re: Curiosity when installing CentOS 5.1 in addition to W98 WXP
on 5-12-2008 10:17 AM MHR spake the following: I got half way through an installation of CentOS on a box that has Window$ 98 in the first partition and Window$ XP in the second, where CentOS was designated for partitions 3 (/boot - 128MB) and 4 (/) and had some strange results. During the install, I changed the default OS to boot to Window$ (because I rarely use this machine, but others who don't have a clue use Wxx), but then while the packages were downloading, I left the machine alone. When I came back, it had rebooted to the DVD, so I pulled it out and rebooted again. It came up in the Windows boot selection screen (W98 or WXP), and never stopped at grub. Should I not have set it to go to Windows by default, or is this something different? Thanks. mhr It might not have finished the install, and something made it reboot before it had written the grub records. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Re: Curiosity when installing CentOS 5.1 in addition to W98 WXP
On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 4:35 PM, Scott Silva [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 5-12-2008 10:17 AM MHR spake the following: It might not have finished the install, and something made it reboot before it had written the grub records. I figure I'll just start over and sit there to watch while I read a book or something. (sigh) Thanks. mhr ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
