Thanks for the information. As a matter of fact I installed debian 5.0.3 last night with the first dvd last night and everything is working out just fine. I have a broadband internet connection, so I was able to download enough packages to get me started. Thanks again.
Jay On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 4:42 AM, Osamu Aoki <os...@debian.org> wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 05:28:41PM -0700, Jason Smith wrote: > > Thank you so much for your timely response. What I meant by the "crack in > > it" was a physical fracture in the disc which I noticed on the top of the > > 4th disc. Further, on the bottom of the disc there was a strange > > discoloration which could be likened to a blob. Again, thank you for your > > response. > > Ask vender to replace it if you feel not good about it. > > > Regards, > > FYI: > > It is not uncommon to have such defects on some cheap CD/DVD or CD/DVD-R > but they tends to be quite robust for data reading. If you can mount > and use these CD, they may be usable and issue is just cosmetic one. > > If you have good nework connection, you probably need first CD only to > install. That is another angle to your situation. > >
