[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Made a CD using debian-31r0a-i386-netinst.iso. Computer boots from CD but >gets stuck during install process. This is a Dell Inspiron 7000 with a P2 >Mobile 333, 96MB Ram and a Toshiba Combo CD and Floppy. There is 1 - 8 >gig IDE HD with one partition with Win 98 on it. Figured I'd partition >later. I hit enter to boot, get past screens to choose language, country >and keyboard layout, goes thru process to detect CD, Scans CD Rom and tells >me "problem reading data, please make sure it is in drive, if retrying does >not work check integrity of cd rom. retrying does not help. Installer >main menu shows at step - load installer components from cd. If I drop two >steps to check cd integrity - reports - no valid debian cd rom - without >even spinning the cd. I have downloaded this iso twice now and made two cds >- one from each download. Both cds behave exactly the same way. I >understand that I should check the md5 but have not yet figured out how. >Seems like maybe the problem is not really with the cd image . suggestions? > > It may be a bug in the net-installer rather than a bad disc. I've had similar problems with various versions of the net-installer cd images. On one computer (It may have even been an Inspiron 7000, come to think of it) I had to install from an old Woody disc set, and upgrade. (that worked fine though).
Try getting the full Debian Sarge disc 1 and install from that. Then edit your apt-sources and install the system as you like. -- Mitch Wiedemann Webmaster - Ithaca Free Software Association http://ithacafreesoftware.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
