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| From | Tauno Voipio <tauno.voipio@notused.fi.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.setup |
| Subject | Re: Problems installing Linux distributions from Live CD's |
| Date | 2012-04-23 21:11 +0300 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <jn460t$8eo$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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On 23.4.12 8:51 , Jeff Rosen wrote: > On Monday, April 23, 2012 10:18:13 AM UTC-7, J G Miller wrote: >> On Monday, April 23rd, 2012, at 08:22:42h -0700, Jeff Rosen wrote: >> >>> The fact that there are occasional read errors strongly suggests >>> that there's a problem with the DVD drive >> >> Or the burnt CD or is it DVD? >> >> Did you do a checksum after downloading and after burning > > > The answer to your first question is both. I've burned Live installations into both CD's and DVD's, and both sets have failed to boot. > > With regard to your second question, I've been able to boot off Live CD's and DVD's on my other two computers, so the media themselves are not the problem, but I've never actually looked at the checksum. > > Jeff If your CD/DVD drive is not a standard IDE unit, the intermediate loader on the CD/DVD image may have problems using it. -- Tauno Voipio
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Problems installing Linux distributions from Live CD's Jeff Rosen <jeff.c.rosen@gmail.com> - 2012-04-23 08:22 -0700
Re: Problems installing Linux distributions from Live CD's J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2012-04-23 17:18 +0000
Re: Problems installing Linux distributions from Live CD's Jeff Rosen <jeff.c.rosen@gmail.com> - 2012-04-23 10:51 -0700
Re: Problems installing Linux distributions from Live CD's Tauno Voipio <tauno.voipio@notused.fi.invalid> - 2012-04-23 21:11 +0300
Re: Problems installing Linux distributions from Live CD's J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2012-04-23 18:30 +0000
Re: Problems installing Linux distributions from Live CD's Jeff Rosen <jeff.c.rosen@gmail.com> - 2012-04-23 13:08 -0700
Re: Problems installing Linux distributions from Live CD's "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2012-04-24 01:46 -0400
Re: Problems installing Linux distributions from Live CD's Jeff Rosen <jeff.c.rosen@gmail.com> - 2012-04-24 12:06 -0700
Re: Problems installing Linux distributions from Live CD's The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2012-04-24 20:39 +0100
Re: Problems installing Linux distributions from Live CD's "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2012-04-24 18:45 -0400
Re: Problems installing Linux distributions from Live CD's Jeff Rosen <jeff.c.rosen@gmail.com> - 2012-04-25 09:56 -0700
Re: Problems installing Linux distributions from Live CD's Jeff Rosen <jeff.c.rosen@gmail.com> - 2012-04-25 11:56 -0700
Re: Problems installing Linux distributions from Live CD's Jeff Rosen <jeff.c.rosen@gmail.com> - 2012-05-02 12:40 -0700
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