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From: Hal MacArgle <haltec@kvinet.com>
To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Debian Sarge Install??
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2006 14:13:07 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060408181307.GA1328@lnx2.kvinet.com> (raw)

Debian Sarge; two single layer DVD set bought on eBay.. Packed well
with very nice printed labels and both mounted and read easily with
two separate machines and DVD devices; a HP DVD-300i and Plextor
PK-708A, both relatively new and not overworked..

Tried installing, twice, on a Cyrix III/600mHz CPU; 256mB SDRAM; 8gB
freshly partitioned HD and a c.2000 BIOS.. Both trys stalled on
DVD#1, so I used the distributions "Check the CDRoms Integrity"
program and both failed at different points in the run.. Thought;
must be bad burns???

Not wanting to complain if there is another reason I tried on another
machine: Duron 1.3gHz CPU; 512mB SDRAM; freshly partitioned 12gB on a
40gB HD, this one with the Plextor PK-708A device and c.2000 BIOS...

DVD#1 passed the Integrity run but #2 failed at around 90% of the
checksum run... So no install that machine either.. I got to thinking
that I didn't want to complain to the vendor if the problem was a
single file that I would never need anyway, but how to work around
this; if possible??

Could it be that all files must be perfect to install Debian Sarge??
The vendor charged only pennies above what the blanks cost so can I
really complain?? Are single layer DVD's that critical with data??

TIA...
-- 

    Hal - in Terra Alta, WV/US - Slackware GNU/Linux 10.1   (2.4.29)
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             reply	other threads:[~2006-04-08 18:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-04-08 18:13 Hal MacArgle [this message]
2006-04-08 22:00 ` Debian Sarge Install?? Ray Olszewski

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