On 22 July 2011 18:27, Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, 22 Jul 2011 17:54:00 +0100, Horace Dynamite wrote: > >> On 22 July 2011 16:43, Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Uff, have you tried with another IDE cable? Those seem hardware errors. >> >> I installed the Debian system using this optical drive, so I think this >> proves that my optical drive and IDE cable are working properly, for, it >> was only three days ago that I installed Debian. Is that true? > > Well, the unit can be in its finals days and the fact you could install > from it with no apparent/visible errors is not a proof of its health... > BTW, how old is it?
2 years old. I've just booted into a Ubuntu Live CD, which I believe implies the electronics are working. > Then you can re-sit the current one, just in case it has been slightly > moved or became loose. I took it out, re-sat, booted the LiveCD again, it worked. Yet I still get these hardware errors. Thanks for your time, Horace. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAGVW+M2Rq+p=+xsdUi5WA�ggXJJG0gV3e-fyw=p72qjjs...@mail.gmail.com
