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On 13 Feb 2011, at 03:17, Russ Price wrote: > > It might possibly be the optical drive itself. I have a system at home with > an Optiarc CD/DVD burner that won't install Ubuntu from a burned CD, even > though the CD checksums just fine using that very same drive. If I burn the > exact same ISO image to a DVD+R disc, the installation works fine. As it > turns out, this is a known problem with (some) Optiarc drives. > This ^^ The v20z internal drives are rubbish, and I've had endless problems with them. Best bet is to buy a cheap slim-line DVD drive from Ebay and fit that, or boot off the network. I've had v20z and v40z playing up with all sorts of media - 'proper' Solaris x86 media, burned stuff, expensive CDs, cheap DVDs, you name it. Cheers, TOM - -- Tom Kranz Email: t...@gaeltd.com Skype: siliconbunny Mobile: 07779 149281 Phone/fax: 01344 773240 http://www.gaeltd.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/tomkranz -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iEYEARECAAYFAk1ZAkgACgkQCaTe3ZK74hl6NwCgjW05gVcrQxLO8gYDPW1S8tc+ 1BUAn0h35GXNZivJdzSAbgXBv7SX+elj =jKI0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
