Re: [expert] RC2 installation

2003-09-13 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Friday September 12 2003 11:42 pm, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: So far for CDs coming straight from heaven. No, in earnest, compatibility of burnt CDs on other machines is still an issue after CDs being on the market for so long now. :( wobo Yes, drive compatibility has always been an

[expert] RC2 installation

2003-09-12 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
Is there anything which I missed during last 10 days? I just received my 3 CDs of RC2 and am now in my thirteenth attempt to install it on a box where I installed 9.1 just the other week without problems. So there should be no hardware related issues. First crash (keyboard lights blinking) during

Re: [expert] RC2 installation

2003-09-12 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Friday September 12 2003 07:49 am, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: Is there anything which I missed during last 10 days? I just received my 3 CDs of RC2 and am now in my thirteenth attempt to install it on a box where I installed 9.1 just the other week without problems. So there should be no

Re: [expert] RC2 installation

2003-09-12 Thread Pierre Fortin
On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 09:42:07 -0500 Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If the md5sums don't check, or you suspect your CD drive Actually, the CDs may still be fine... see Twiki for how to determine if the CD is really OK (md5sum may be wrong due to padding). Want to buy your Pack or

Re: [expert] RC2 installation

2003-09-12 Thread ed tharp
On Fri, 2003-09-12 at 10:42, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Friday September 12 2003 07:49 am, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: Is there anything which I missed during last 10 days? I just received my 3 CDs of RC2 and am now in my thirteenth attempt to install it on a box where I installed 9.1 just the

Re: [expert] RC2 installation

2003-09-12 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
ed tharp [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb am 12 Sep 2003 16:03:52 -0400: in any of these crashes was any info available on alt+f3? have you tried watching the consol messages as you install? atleast it will give you a good clue if your CDrom reader is the problem, As there were different crashes in

Re: [expert] RC2 installation

2003-09-12 Thread James Sparenberg
On Fri, 2003-09-12 at 13:37, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: ed tharp [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb am 12 Sep 2003 16:03:52 -0400: in any of these crashes was any info available on alt+f3? have you tried watching the consol messages as you install? atleast it will give you a good clue if your CDrom

Re: [expert] RC2 installation

2003-09-12 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Friday September 12 2003 04:47 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: A second way to check a disk. (I use and trust this a bit more than just md5sum) cd to the rpms directory on the disk. # rpm -K --nogpg *.rpm | grep NOT What this does is run and check the md5 sum of each individual rpm in the

Re: [expert] RC2 installation

2003-09-12 Thread James Sparenberg
On Fri, 2003-09-12 at 17:30, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Friday September 12 2003 04:47 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: A second way to check a disk. (I use and trust this a bit more than just md5sum) cd to the rpms directory on the disk. # rpm -K --nogpg *.rpm | grep NOT What this does is

Re: [expert] RC2 installation

2003-09-12 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
Tom Brinkman schrieb am Fri, 12 Sep 2003 19:30:39 -0500: burnin checked. For the original poster, back when I ran cooker with a dialup and help with ocaissonal cooker CD's from friends, I often had trouble reading they're burned CDr's. Specially with a CDrom, tho booting from my burner would

Re: [expert] RC2 installation

2003-09-12 Thread Rolf Pedersen
Wolfgang Bornath wrote: Tom Brinkman schrieb am Fri, 12 Sep 2003 19:30:39 -0500: burnin checked. For the original poster, back when I ran cooker with a dialup and help with ocaissonal cooker CD's from friends, I often had trouble reading they're burned CDr's. Specially with a CDrom, tho

Re: [expert] RC2 installation

2003-09-12 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
Rolf Pedersen schrieb am Fri, 12 Sep 2003 19:04:09 -0700: Ah well, how do I do a hard disk or ftp install without a floppy drive? This machine in question has a DVD, a CD-RW but no floppy drive. Can I burn the hd.img to a CD-R and boot with it? wobo Take a look at this wiki howto:

Re: [expert] RC2 installation

2003-09-12 Thread Rolf Pedersen
Wolfgang Bornath wrote: Rolf Pedersen schrieb am Fri, 12 Sep 2003 19:04:09 -0700: Ah well, how do I do a hard disk or ftp install without a floppy drive? This machine in question has a DVD, a CD-RW but no floppy drive. Can I burn the hd.img to a CD-R and boot with it? wobo Take a look at

Re: [expert] RC2 installation

2003-09-12 Thread James Sparenberg
On Fri, 2003-09-12 at 21:27, Rolf Pedersen wrote: Wolfgang Bornath wrote: Rolf Pedersen schrieb am Fri, 12 Sep 2003 19:04:09 -0700: Ah well, how do I do a hard disk or ftp install without a floppy drive? This machine in question has a DVD, a CD-RW but no floppy drive. Can I burn the

Re: [expert] RC2 installation

2003-09-12 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
James Sparenberg schrieb am Fri, 12 Sep 2003 21:32:24 -0700: At the install splash, you might try pressing F1 and booting with linux ide=nodma This sometimes helps with cd reading problems. Not to conflict with what Rolf said but to answer the hd install question. Chose f1 boot to linux