On Thu, 20 Dec 2001 20:26:32 +1300
John Rye [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Tue, 18 Dec 2001 22:32:25 -0800
Paul Sue [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I wish it was that easy ... I forgot to mention that the computer is
brand new.
The CDs have only been used maybe 6 times. It is a Aopen 56X
On Wednesday 19 December 2001 10:26 pm, John Rye wrote:
On Tue, 18 Dec 2001 22:32:25 -0800
Paul Sue [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I wish it was that easy ... I forgot to mention that the computer is
brand new.
The CDs have only been used maybe 6 times. It is a Aopen 56X
IDE/ATAPI CDROM
On Wednesday 19 December 2001 10:26 pm, John Rye wrote:
Yes, I have seen brand new equipment that would not work or would work
twice
in five attempts. If it were software, it would not work every time.
Yup, it turned out to be a bad CDROm drive indeed. Got it replaced and
problem solved.
Hi,
Borrowed the 3 CD Mandrake 8.1 distro. (downloaded) from a friend. Booted
off CD 1, everything going OK until the install suddenly hangs when
prompting me for CD #2; eventually had to cancel. The install then *skipped*
a few important steps (create bootdisk, install bootloader).
After
I know this is not the help you wanted, but can you try a different CDrom
reader? is this one correctly configured in BIOS? I am only guessing, but if
it booted once from the CDrom, unless the CD was damaged, it should boot
again? don't you think? maybe you just got a bad cd? or was downloaded
I had the same problem and found my cdrom was wearing out and not reading
data correctly.
I installed a new cdrom and it was a perfect install with no errors..
cdrom's can last only so long and can wear out or over heat and cause it to
not read data correctly..
cdrom's are getting pretty cheap
On Tue, 18 Dec 2001 18:50:56 -0500 Harold Hartley [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I had the same problem and found my cdrom was wearing out and not reading
data correctly.
I installed a new cdrom and it was a perfect install with no errors..
...
... maybe you need to get another one..
I wish it was
On Tue, 18 Dec 2001 22:32:25 -0800
Paul Sue [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I wish it was that easy ... I forgot to mention that the computer is
brand new.
The CDs have only been used maybe 6 times. It is a Aopen 56X
IDE/ATAPI CDROM drive.
During past couple of weeks I've attempted to install
