On 1 July 2012 15:30, Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> 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. > > 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] > 2. verify target system reads CD/DVD correctly. > > For the first I require both Linux and Windows versions. > The second should probably be a Live CD itself. > > Any ideas? >
Most likely your media (cd/dvd), or the speed you are writing at. When you burn a disc, do you check it against the iso's MD5; it may not have burned properly. (Also, burn at a slow speed, even if it says it can be used at high speeds. 1x~4x) Old cd drives don't like ReWriteable discs, & some just won't read some makes of disc. (Just a couple of problems I had in the past.) -- Sent from FOSS (Free Open Source Software) Debian GNU/Linux
