On Sun, 01 Jul 2012 09:30:21 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > I'm having various random problems installing from Live CD's. The > problems are weird, inconsistent, and intermittent. The first thing is > to determine whether or not I have faulty hardware, be it the target box > or the box that burns the CD.
Optical media is more and more becoming a complete headache. Have you considered installing from USB stick instead? Anyway, for inconsistent errors (now works, now doesn't), sometimes is better to replace the DVD drive for a new one (specially when is "old" for today standards which means 4/5 years), and given their current prices (~25€) that's something affordable. > I've already run memtest86 and Seagate disk diagnostics demonstrating > that problems from that area is unlikely. > > I need two diagnostics: > 1. verify what's on the CD matches the ISO from which it > was generated. > [already have verified that the downloaded MD5SUM > matches repository] http://www.debian.org/CD/faq/index.en.html#verify > 2. verify target system reads CD/DVD correctly. (...) Is your CD/DVD reader capable of booting from it? Greetings, -- Camaleón -- 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/jsptj5$69j$2...@dough.gmane.org
