Darn. I replaced my Toshiba drive with a Samsung
model and it installs fine. Funny that other OSes (FreeBSD, Ubuntu) burned on
the same cd burner had no problem. Just a flakey drive. Thanks for the
replies.
Jim
Installing Debian 3.1 r0a from a 'verified good'
cdrom (jigdo verified ok, and installs fine on desktop). Installation keeps
failing on my laptop right when the system goes to load installer files (in
expert mode, just after cdrom detection). It complains that there is an error
reading from
Expert mode allowed me to see that it does detect
the cdrom properly (returning the volume label) and scans the whole cd. It is at
the 'Load Install from CD' portion that it chokes. I dropped to the built-in
shell (ash), and I can navigate throughout the cd. So if the shell gives me
access,
instant 'Not a valid Debian cd'. CDROM drive is in the bay (battery in other bay).
Brought home a 'verified' CD from work (it installs fine at work on Dell GX series) and same error occurs. Ubuntu and FreeBSD install properly. Couldn't find any known issue on net.
Jim Bartle
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