Re: Problems using DVD Install.
Yes, I have had difficulty with DVD installs but not with CD installs. In 90% of the cases, it was not the medium but the CD/Dvd drive machanism itself exhibiting problems and only with data.
I tried fixing the problem with a Compaq Armada 1750, Compaq Presario .8 GHz laptop and one other.First tried with a OEM internal DVD-Rom Drive with the 1750. Switched to a CD drive and then bought a replacement internal DVD drive. Same problem appeared with the DVD.
I am guessing that wow-flutter margins are much more harsher using DVD digital media vs CD media.
I solved the problem by only using outboard full-sized DVD drives with USB enclosures. other than one TDK drive which I damaged by dropping it, the problem occasionally rears it head on the older laptops. YMMV.
Good luck. Adam
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Jacobs
I'll keep your burning advice in mind going forward. In this case, there
were two outcomes.
1) I finally gave up when it appeared my repeated efforts killed the
laptop's DVD-ROM drive. It no longer can even boot from the disc; I presume
it was close to it's end and I brutally shoved it over the edge. I tried to
boot the laptop (an Inspiron 8500) from an external, Plextor USB DVD-RW
drive, but that wouldn't work, even after flashing the laptop to the latest
BIOS and setting it to boot from USB storage devices.
2) Not wanting to wait for a replacement DVD drive, I took Sunny's
suggestion above, and tried a network install. In order to do that, I first
used mountiso on my XP box to mount the .iso, and then tried to create a
share to it. Windows wouldn't let me create a share to the mounted .iso
file, thinking the target of the share was non-existent, so I copied the
entire contents of the mounted disc to another directory, and shared it. I
then did the network install from that share. The install went very quickly
and very smoothly, leaving me to feel pretty foolish considering how much
time I'd spent trying to transfer the iso to a system with a dvd burner,
burn the file to dvd, troubleshoot the continuous problems, etc....
Thanks for all the help guys.
I have a few other questions/problems I need help with, but I'll post them
separately.
For the record, I'm posting this, on the Inspiron mentioned above, using the
newly installed Suse 10 (Eval edition), wirelessly.
8-)
-- Steve
On 10/22/05, adamvaz@earthlink.net
Re: Problems using DVD Install.
Yes, I have had difficulty with DVD installs but not with CD installs. In 90% of the cases, it was not the medium but the CD/Dvd drive machanism itself exhibiting problems and only with data.
I tried fixing the problem with a Compaq Armada 1750, Compaq Presario .8 GHz laptop and one other.First tried with a OEM internal DVD-Rom Drive with the 1750. Switched to a CD drive and then bought a replacement internal DVD drive. Same problem appeared with the DVD.
I am guessing that wow-flutter margins are much more harsher using DVD digital media vs CD media.
I solved the problem by only using outboard full-sized DVD drives with USB enclosures. other than one TDK drive which I damaged by dropping it, the problem occasionally rears it head on the older laptops. YMMV.
Good luck. Adam
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Jacobs
Subj: [SLE] 10.0 Eval DVD install problems Date: Fri Oct 21, 2005 12:35 pm Size: 2K To: SuSE List Last weekend I downloaded the 32-bit ISO of Suse 10 Eval, via Bittorrent.
I ran md5sum, and the checksum matched the checksum provided on the OpenSuse download page.
Then, using Nero Express 6, I burned the ISO to a DVD-R, with the option to verify the data after burning. It burned successfully.
During the installation process, an error pops up that the installation of package netcat-1.10-872.i586 failed. I can abort, retry, or ignore. If I ignore, several more packages fail, and many errors about "Package...xxx" not found on medium."
As expected, the install eventually will fail.
So, in a nutshell, I get maybe 15-20 errors through the course of the install before it fails - some saying a package was not found on the medium, others saying installation of some package failed. Most of the specific packages mentioned in the errors are the same every time. (providers-... , netcat, glib...)
The details of the "Installation of package xxx failed" show : rpm install failed rpm output: error: read failed: input/output error (5) (a long path to the rpm file, including a cache location): not an rpm package (or package manifest): Input/output error
Trying to get past this, I've tried installing to two different Dell laptops - a 5-year-old Inspiron 8100, and a 3-year old Inspiron 8500. Among those two laptops, I've tried running the install from 4 different DVD drives. On the Inspiron 8500 (the newer unit), I've flashed to the most current BIOS, achieving nothing other than a noticeably longer POST.
I've tried re-burning the ISO, this time to an Imation DVD-RW instead of the Maxell DVD-R I used initially.
With both discs, I've run the 'verify media' test included on the disc, and each passed successfully.
As I write this, I'm re-downloading the .iso, although I expect no different results with it.
If the downloaded iso's md5 checksum matches, and the install program's 'verify media' function shows the disc is OK, why would I see these problems?
And I've been a little surprised that I haven't seen any other mention of these problems online - has anyone else seen this?
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