I had this problem too... -- Tomás A. Schertel tschertel[at]gmail.com tomas[at]archlinux-br.org ---------------------------------------------- Arch Linux User http://www.archlinux-br.org/ Linux Registered User #304838 ----------------------------------------------
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 22:12, Chris Brannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi list, > I'm new to Arch. The other day, I downloaded the ISO mentioned in the > subject > line. I remastered the image, because I needed some extra programs. I'm > blind. I added a screenreader and a text-to-speech engine to the ISO, > so that I could have spoken feedback during the install. I also added > alsa-utils, alsa-lib, and a few miscellaneous packages. > I burned the CD and booted the system. Arch started talking to me, and > everything seemed ok. > > After a few minutes, I started noticing strange behavior. The system froze > when I tried to execute a command. > For instance, after typing "ps" at the bash prompt, the system locked up. > It was unable to load the ps executable or one of its shared libraries from > the CD. Sometimes, it would print the message "input-output error", and > return to a working bash prompt. I could hear my CD-ROM drive clicking > whenever > it tried to load the executable. It just sat there for five or more > minutes, > spinning and clicking. > I also noticed that Arch is writing data to its unionfs. Most of the data > seems to be written to /var/log. Should a live CD be writing to logfiles? > > My problems could be caused by one of several things. > 1. A broken CD-ROM drive. (I doubt it, because the drive is 3 weeks old). > 2. A mistake while remastering the ISO. > 3. Some sort of error from the original ISO. > > Has anyone else had trouble with this image? If not, then the issue must > be caused by my hardware or personal configuration. > > Regards, > -- Chris >
