The only time I've gotten media errors from good CD's is when I have my SuSE CD is my slave CD ROM Drive. In my personal computers I like to have more then one CD ROM for several reasons... but for some reason SuSE doesn't like to be installed from a slaved drive. As soon as I put the CD in the master CDROM, everything went great. No more media errors. Perhaps this is the problem you're experiencing? I don't know too much about FTP installs, as I try to always buy my copies of SuSE... but I thought I might mention it just in case. Warm regards, Jordan Michaels Vivio Technologies Kai Zhang wrote:
I have downloaded and burned CDs 3 times. As it is a FTP installation, CD only loads up the some kernel modules and load up RAM drive directly from FTP server ( I use mirror.ac.uk and tried other mirrors as well). I tried both in my office and at home. I am pretty sure it's not network issue. The error says Media Error, but the actual media source of the installation is FTP server. Anyone has an experience with direct FTP installation? Please give me a tip!
On 5/13/05, Kevanf1
wrote: On 5/13/05, Kai Zhang
wrote: This is getting desperate. i put my new pc in DMZ now. same error msg:
Cannot read package data from installation media. Media Error?
Does anyone has a solution. Does SUSE begin to stop user ftp installing it?
help!
On 5/12/05, Kai Zhang
wrote: Cannot read package data from installation media. Media Error?
Im installing Linux suse 9.2 via FTP. I downloaded boot.ioi from and burned it into a CD. I've got ADSL and disable't d firewall. The installation gets as far as the install settings page then i recieve the above Error.
Any help would be greatley appreciated.
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I've personally had this problem a number of times. It's always been due to a badly burned Cd or DVD. I now habitually burn at a lower speed than is rated for the disk. You could also try cleaning the disk burner lens. If that all fails try a different brand of disk.
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-- Warm regards, Jordan Michaels Vivio Technologies http://www.viviotech.net/ jordan@viviotech.net