On Thursday 26 June 2008 11:50:49 am Vwaju wrote: > On Jun 26, 1:10 pm, Thierry Chatelet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thursday 26 June 2008 18:59:12 Adrian Chapela wrote: > > > Vwaju escribió: > > > > I downloaded debian-40r3-i386-netinst.iso from > > > >http://www.debian.org/distrib/. and copied it to a CD. It appears to > > > > be about the right size > > > > (163,392KB), but it fails to boot on any of the follwoing computers: > > > > > > Have you calculated the md5sum ? was it the right md5sum ? > > > > > > > Gateway Solo 1100 laptop > > > > Dell Dimension 4100 > > > > Dell Inspiron 8500 > > > > > > > > (I set the boot order to boot the CD drive first. However, the CD is > > > > bypassed in every case. > > > > And does it boot on any other computers? > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > As far as I can tell, there is no pre-computed md5 checksum provided > with the download (http://www.debian.org/distrib/netinst#smallcd). > Am I missing something? > > I have tried only these 3 computers, and haven't yet found one that > boots from debian-40r3-i386-netinst.iso. Try this link: http://www.debian.org/CD/http-ftp/#stable
Anyway, the md5sum for the CD you mention is: 1df0cf02ba4213dd94b3e8bbe20cfe73 There is no reputable Linux distro that ships CD images without providing hashes. -- Lee Glidewell | PGP key: D5D686A7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]