On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 1:37 PM, Clayton <smaug42@gmail.com> wrote:
I was planning on installing openSUSE on my computer tonight, but... I can't. I am running up against a problem i can't seem to solve or find any info on.
I have downloaded the 32 bit DVD ISO, and checked the MD5 sums. All is OK there. I tested the ISO by installing into VirtualBox (using VBox to mount the ISO for installing), and all worked there. I used K3B to burn the ISO to DVD, and tried installing on my computer... and it fails. It boots, and I see the initial welcome screen, then the boot menu. I can pick Installation from the menu, and the Linux kernel loads. The next screen is shown which has the tiny progress bar.. about 25% of the way in the installer stops, drops to text mode and asks me to insert CD1. I navigated through the text menus and found the Check Installation Media option.. ran that, and it almost immediately returns this message:
Error reading sector 512. This DVD is broken.
I Googled on this error and found only one hit to a forum (in Serbian) which appears to be a similar problem someone had on openSUSE 10.3.. but I can't read Serbian so I am just guessing...
I tried burning the ISO 3 different times to 3 different DVDs, and got the exact same results. I burned a different ISO (Ubuntu) on one of the DVDs (rewritable) and it's fine... so I assume that the DVD burner, the K3B software, and the physical DVD media are functioning...
Does anyone have any idea what this error message really means? or what I am missing here?
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I speak Russian, so if you send me the link in Serbian I might be able to help you there. In general, it is a good idea to do the media check when you install the OS - your DVD may be fine, the problem may be with your DVD drive. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org