Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Slightly OT - How do I get the FC3 cdrom to be bootable?
Alright, I found the bit I was looking for. To review: I downloaded the four FC3 isos and burmed them. All the md5sums checked out. Disc 1 booted fine, but two of the four discs failed the media check. I booted disc 1 again with the command: linux mediacheck nocddma. After this, the media check went fine and everything installed. I don't know if this is related to the problems you've been having, but I thought I'd share. Good luck. On 6/2/05, Dewey Smolka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I seem to recall having a similar kind of issue with FC3 -- I burned > the .isos, booted up the first one and all went well. I did a media > test and found that discs 1 and 3 (maybe 4) were fine but the others > read as corrupted. I double checked the md5sums and the images were > OK. > > I then tried burning them on two different burners on the same box > with no luck. I pumped out about 6 coasters before stumbling on a > solution. I found the solution somewhere on this list, but I can't > remember exactly what it was, except that I think it had something to > do with dma. > > I wish I could help you more. I'll try to dig up the thread that got > me sorted out and post it back here if I find it. > ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Slightly OT - How do I get the FC3 cdrom to be bootable?
I seem to recall having a similar kind of issue with FC3 -- I burned the .isos, booted up the first one and all went well. I did a media test and found that discs 1 and 3 (maybe 4) were fine but the others read as corrupted. I double checked the md5sums and the images were OK. I then tried burning them on two different burners on the same box with no luck. I pumped out about 6 coasters before stumbling on a solution. I found the solution somewhere on this list, but I can't remember exactly what it was, except that I think it had something to do with dma. I wish I could help you more. I'll try to dig up the thread that got me sorted out and post it back here if I find it. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Slightly OT - How do I get the FC3 cdrom to be bootable?
On 5/31/05, Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK, the jury's in, I have a bad burner. I went to work and burned a "disk > 1", and tried it out that night. Worked great. Then I burned disk 2, 3, > and 4 on my home machine. Only disk 2 and 3 worked. I had to burn the last > disk at work. Strange though, it's a dvd / cd burner. Burned dvd's usually > work perfectly (although I have made some coasters lately) and music cd's > usually work fine. Oh well, the machines running now, thanks everyone for > the help, > > Don > > Ps - Could this be a soft power supply problem?? It could be a power supply problem. Just for grins,you might try grabbing the FC3 DVD image. Also, you might just want to run memtest86 on there, just as a stress test. You can run that right off the FC3 installation disc (disc 1 if you're using the CD's.) Carl Fongheiser ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Slightly OT - How do I get the FC3 cdrom to be bootable?
OK, the jury's in, I have a bad burner. I went to work and burned a "disk 1", and tried it out that night. Worked great. Then I burned disk 2, 3, and 4 on my home machine. Only disk 2 and 3 worked. I had to burn the last disk at work. Strange though, it's a dvd / cd burner. Burned dvd's usually work perfectly (although I have made some coasters lately) and music cd's usually work fine. Oh well, the machines running now, thanks everyone for the help, Don Ps - Could this be a soft power supply problem?? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Slightly OT - How do I get the FC3 cdrom to be bootable?
OK, this is getting ridiculous! Yes, I burned them as iso images. And, yes, I turned on the cdrom as the first boot device in the bios. And, yes, I tried booting them on a drive that was made this century. I'll take the cd's to work tomorrow and see how they work on a couple of newer machines. Thanks to everyone for all the help, I'll let you know how it works out. Don ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Slightly OT - How do I get the FC3 cdrom to be bootable?
Op zondag 22 mei 2005 18:20, schreef Don: > > - Tried booting on three different computers Let me guess, you are burning the ISO's as files, and not as 'CD-ROM image' (or whatever it is called)? ;-) In K3B or Nero you need to click another menu item to do this (btw, it's not in Nero's wizard). Simple dragging the ISO file to the CD won't work. Either that or you should enable booting from CD in your BIOS (nah..) -or- you have really old (6-7 years) CD-ROM drives that don't know bootrecords. Henk Poley <>< ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Slightly OT - How do I get the FC3 cdrom to be bootable?
Hmmm - All MD5 checksums match perfectly - Tried two different burners - Tried both R and RW media - Tried three different iso's, all from different sources, with validated MD5's - Tried booting on three different computers Like I said, I'm new to Redhat. I'm probably missing something basic. I have a dvd burner and reader I could put into the machine. Should I try it? The CD's were made on a win2000 box, maybe that the problem :) ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Slightly OT - How do I get the FC3 cdrom to be bootable?
On 5/22/05, Dewey Smolka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > FWIW, I picked up a DVD burner a few weeks ago for around $80 (and a > spindle of 50 DVDs for $20). As long as you don't insist on 16x+ > speeds (which are pretty much unnecessary anyway) or a dual-layer > capable drive (which means paying a lot more for dual-layer discs), > prices are very low. > If you look around, you can get 16x AND DL for ~$50 shipped. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Re: Slightly OT - How do I get the FC3 cdrom to be bootable?
Well it's pretty clear that it's a bad burn, and the fact that it happened twice indicates a problem either with the .iso or with your burner. Did you verify the .iso's md5 output? If the md5 checked out, then about all I can suggest is that you try it with a different burner. FWIW, I picked up a DVD burner a few weeks ago for around $80 (and a spindle of 50 DVDs for $20). As long as you don't insist on 16x+ speeds (which are pretty much unnecessary anyway) or a dual-layer capable drive (which means paying a lot more for dual-layer discs), prices are very low. Good luck. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Slightly OT - How do I get the FC3 cdrom to be bootable?
Yes, that was the first thing I did. The bios is definitely set to boot from CDROM first. I tried the cd in two other computers. I didn't work on those either, so I reburned the CD. It does the same thing. Very strange! ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Slightly OT - How do I get the FC3 cdrom to be bootable?
I saw a post on a redhat site that said the fedora project uses a boot system that doesn't support cdrom drives built before 1997, which this one might be. Could that be it? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Re: Slightly OT - How do I get the FC3 cdrom to be bootable?
I think so. I used Nero and selected File -> Burn Image -> Navigate to iso file -.> picked it and burned it. Does that sound right? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
