Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.1 x86 medium installation problems

On Wednesday 09 April 2008 15:53:36 Ioannis Vranos wrote: > It was a hardware problem with my DVD recorder. I got a new one and now > everything works OK. > When something that previously worked starts giving you problems it can be hard to spot. Glad you got it sorted. Anne signature.asc Desc

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.1 x86 medium installation problems

It was a hardware problem with my DVD recorder. I got a new one and now everything works OK. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.1 x86 medium installation problems

Ioannis Vranos wrote: Unfortunately I still got the problem. :( vmware version: 6.03 with IDE virtual hard disk. vmware will let you use an ISO file as a CD-Rom or DVD-Rom drive, try pointing your vmware instance at the iso file, and bypass the physical DVD drive in your machine completel

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.1 x86 medium installation problems

Ioannis Vranos wrote: > OS: Ubuntu 7.10 x86. > > > Unfortunately I still got the problem. > > I downloaded the CentOS 5.1 x86 DVD image, it passed the md5sum/sha1sum > tests, I burned it with nerolinux with verification, I copied all the > contents of the burned DVD to a hard disk directory succ

RE: [CentOS] CentOS 5.1 x86 medium installation problems

-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ioannis Vranos Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 2:54 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.1 x86 medium installation problems OS: Ubuntu 7.10 x86. Unfortunately I still got the problem. I download

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.1 x86 medium installation problems

Karanbir Singh wrote: > > exactly how are you doing the install ? what sort of vmware do you have > setup ? what kind of machine ? using a script / kickstart ? why are you > using a physical media when vmware can directly install from iso. etc. > And dont forget to mention how the install fails.

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.1 x86 medium installation problems

On Mon, 2008-04-07 at 13:17 -0400, William L. Maltby wrote: > On Mon, 2008-04-07 at 14:38 +0300, Ioannis Vranos wrote: > > Hi, I had downloaded CentOS 5.1 x86 DVD image, and although it passed > > sha1sum or md5sum test and I burned it verifying it, installation failed. > > > > Also if I recall co

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.1 x86 medium installation problems

On Mon, 2008-04-07 at 14:38 +0300, Ioannis Vranos wrote: > Hi, I had downloaded CentOS 5.1 x86 DVD image, and although it passed > sha1sum or md5sum test and I burned it verifying it, installation failed. > > Also if I recall correctly, when I tested the medium during install, it > failed although

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.1 x86 medium installation problems

John wrote: exactly how are you doing the install ? what sort of vmware do you have setup ? what kind of machine ? using a script / kickstart ? why are you using a physical media when vmware can directly install from iso. etc. And dont forget to mention how the install fails. How about use th

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.1 x86 medium installation problems

Akemi Yagi wrote: ok, I have read all your follow up messages in this thread and you have'nt actually mentioned how and when the install failed and with that message. I also read all his follow up messages. If I understood them correctly, he was going to use vmware to *test* whether or not med

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.1 x86 medium installation problems

On Mon, 2008-04-07 at 16:17 +0100, Karanbir Singh wrote: > Ioannis Vranos wrote: > > Hi, I had downloaded CentOS 5.1 x86 DVD image, and although it passed > > sha1sum or md5sum test and I burned it verifying it, installation failed. > > ok, I have read all your follow up messages in this thread an

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.1 x86 medium installation problems

On Mon, 2008-04-07 at 17:37 +0300, Ioannis Vranos wrote: > John wrote: > > > > Here's an issue with Kernel Panics that Ive had. It was not due to bad > > media etc.. As it turned out it was the bios settings. Either the Bios > > had to be set to """Default Settings""" or ""APCI"" had to be turned >

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.1 x86 medium installation problems

On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 8:17 AM, Karanbir Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ioannis Vranos wrote: > > ok, I have read all your follow up messages in this thread and you have'nt > actually mentioned how and when the install failed and with that message. > exactly how are you doing the install ? w

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.1 x86 medium installation problems

Ioannis Vranos wrote: Hi, I had downloaded CentOS 5.1 x86 DVD image, and although it passed sha1sum or md5sum test and I burned it verifying it, installation failed. ok, I have read all your follow up messages in this thread and you have'nt actually mentioned how and when the install failed an

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.1 x86 medium installation problems

Ioannis Vranos wrote: Johnny Hughes wrote: Now I am redownloading the CentOS 5.1 x86 DVD install image, and I will use the image itself first as a virtual DVD under vmware, and will try to verify the medium during install and see if it proceeds OK with installation. If it succeeds, I will burn

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.1 x86 medium installation problems

Correction: Ioannis Vranos wrote: > John wrote: >> Here's an issue with Kernel Panics that Ive had. It was not due to bad >> media etc.. As it turned out it was the bios settings. Either the Bios >> had to be set to """Default Settings""" or ""APCI"" had to be turned >> off. Also overclocked pro

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.1 x86 medium installation problems

John wrote: > > Here's an issue with Kernel Panics that Ive had. It was not due to bad > media etc.. As it turned out it was the bios settings. Either the Bios > had to be set to """Default Settings""" or ""APCI"" had to be turned > off. Also overclocked processors will cause this also and bad ram

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.1 x86 medium installation problems

Johnny Hughes wrote: > >> Now I am redownloading the CentOS 5.1 x86 DVD install image, and I will >> use the image itself first as a virtual DVD under vmware, and will try >> to verify the medium during install and see if it proceeds OK with >> installation. >> >> If it succeeds, I will burn it to

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.1 x86 medium installation problems

On 07/04/2008, Johnny Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ALSO ... if doing to VMWare, you can just point to the ISO file as a CDROM > and boot from it directly. > > Try to install from that and see if it passes the media test. > > That should help determine if the problem is a bad DVD image when

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.1 x86 medium installation problems

On Mon, 2008-04-07 at 09:02 -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote: > Ioannis Vranos wrote: > > Anne Wilson wrote: > >> On Monday 07 April 2008 14:19, Ioannis Vranos wrote: > >>> Anne Wilson wrote: > On Monday 07 April 2008 12:38, Ioannis Vranos wrote: > > Hi, I had downloaded CentOS 5.1 x86 DVD image

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.1 x86 medium installation problems

Ioannis Vranos wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: On Monday 07 April 2008 14:19, Ioannis Vranos wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: On Monday 07 April 2008 12:38, Ioannis Vranos wrote: Hi, I had downloaded CentOS 5.1 x86 DVD image, and although it passed sha1sum or md5sum test and I burned it verifying it, inst

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.1 x86 medium installation problems

Alan Bartlett wrote: > On 07/04/2008, *Ioannis Vranos* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > The same things happen with Scientific Linux 5.1 x86 installation > DVD, so perhaps it is a Red Hat EL 5.1 x86 DVD issue? > > > This has to be a hardware specific issue as t

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.1 x86 medium installation problems

Anne Wilson wrote: > On Monday 07 April 2008 14:19, Ioannis Vranos wrote: >> Anne Wilson wrote: >>> On Monday 07 April 2008 12:38, Ioannis Vranos wrote: Hi, I had downloaded CentOS 5.1 x86 DVD image, and although it passed sha1sum or md5sum test and I burned it verifying it, installation

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.1 x86 medium installation problems

On 07/04/2008, Ioannis Vranos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The same things happen with Scientific Linux 5.1 x86 installation > DVD, so perhaps it is a Red Hat EL 5.1 x86 DVD issue? This has to be a hardware specific issue as two distros fail to install. Perhaps if you were to post your hardware

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.1 x86 medium installation problems

On Monday 07 April 2008 14:19, Ioannis Vranos wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Monday 07 April 2008 12:38, Ioannis Vranos wrote: > >> Hi, I had downloaded CentOS 5.1 x86 DVD image, and although it passed > >> sha1sum or md5sum test and I burned it verifying it, installation > >> failed. > >> > >>

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.1 x86 medium installation problems

Anne Wilson wrote: > On Monday 07 April 2008 12:38, Ioannis Vranos wrote: >> Hi, I had downloaded CentOS 5.1 x86 DVD image, and although it passed >> sha1sum or md5sum test and I burned it verifying it, installation failed. >> >> Also if I recall correctly, when I tested the medium during install,

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.1 x86 medium installation problems

On Monday 07 April 2008 12:38, Ioannis Vranos wrote: > Hi, I had downloaded CentOS 5.1 x86 DVD image, and although it passed > sha1sum or md5sum test and I burned it verifying it, installation failed. > > Also if I recall correctly, when I tested the medium during install, it > failed although as I

[CentOS] CentOS 5.1 x86 medium installation problems

Hi, I had downloaded CentOS 5.1 x86 DVD image, and although it passed sha1sum or md5sum test and I burned it verifying it, installation failed. Also if I recall correctly, when I tested the medium during install, it failed although as I said the media was verified. ==> The same things happen with