Shane Pearson wrote: > > Hello all, > > I have been using Linux for about 3 years including OpenBSD for about 1 year, > so I hope that the problems I'm having with Debian 2.2 Potato are not due to > my ignorance. After reading great things about Debian, and a 2.2 kernel > version finally coming out as "stable" on CD from my local Linux shoppe, I > was very excited to request it on CDR as my birthday present from my > girlfriend. > > Unfortunately, during install, I was getting many errors. I noticed Emacs19 > gets "future timestamp" errors, gnome dependency errors, eventually an error > stating something along the lines of "E.Sub Process /usr/bin/dpkg returned > an error (1) some errors occurred while unpacking", plus many errors scroll > past too quickly to note, eventually the install comes to a message stating > "Packages failed to install, retry?". > > Once I had it "installed", I fired up X and got into Enlightenment which > promptly seg faulted! I know E is not the most reliable wm, but in Mandrake > 7.0 I have never had it seg fault, there were other X errors causing X to die > back to the console. > > At install, I noticed that what looks like an md5 sum (when CD1 is requested) > states "bad-1" at the end, reinforcing my belief that CD1 could be corrupt. > > Can someone tell me how to check the CD so that I can prove to myself and the > shop I bought it from that a replacement is required?
first, please wrap your lines at a reasonable length, even using 1600x1200 i still have to scroll to the right by 2-3 screens to see all of your text! second, check the Packages/Packages.gz files they contain md5sums for all the packages, it is very very likely you have a bad cd. i have(along with many others im sure) installed many potato systems without problems like this. i strongly reccomend ditching the CD-R'd copy and getting a real, pressed copy. even the copies i make on my own CD-R(i have used about 6 different models/drives) do not work in all drives, only works in some(does not work in more then it works in, same goes for all other cds i burn not just debian) I am not sure how to automatically verify the md5sums. good luck getting a good copy of (anything) on CD-R. if you do return it, get a pressed cd for best results. nate -- ::: ICQ: 75132336 http://www.aphroland.org/ http://www.linuxpowered.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
