Re: Non-debian cd

2005-05-07 Thread Michael
When you burn with them, ignore the living daylights out of what they say about burn speed.  Just tell the burn program to use 4x, or even 2x.  You needed a cup of coffee anyway, didn't you?  Go for a walk. Yes, I was thinking about burning at a lower speed than 4x.  I am giving 2x a go (the file i

Re: Non-debian cd

2005-05-07 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Michael: > I recently tried the disks and cd on a Windows 98 machine (~8 years old) > and encountered the same error message. Therefore, the error seems to be > less a factor of an unsupported cd-writer and more a factor of burn > quality/burn type. Although, considering both cd d

Re: Non-debian cd

2005-05-07 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Michael: > keeling: > > > > What did you do when you burnt the CD? I've used a number of netinst > > images with no trouble. > > I tried a variety of different procedures. The first cd I wrote to was the > ISO, files not verified. The second was another burn of the image--data not

Re: Non-debian cd

2005-05-07 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2005-05-07 03:25:37, schrieb Pollywog: > Please post your question in plain text. Many people read the list > with Mutt > and not with a browser or mail client capable of reading HTML and one > of > those people might have the answer you seek. > > 8) Hmmm, I am using 'mutt' and can read tex

Re: Non-debian cd

2005-05-07 Thread Michael
This is the verbatim error message: "The CD-ROM contains a non-Debian CD.  Please insert a Debian CD to continue with the installation." This was the common error received when using the cd I just burned using CDBurnerXPPro3 (found this software in a Debian installation manual). I tried mounting a

Re: Non-debian cd

2005-05-06 Thread Michael
What did you do when you burnt the CD?  I've used a number of netinstimages with no trouble. I tried a variety of different procedures.  The first cd I wrote to was the ISO, files not verified.  The second was another burn of the image--data not verified.  The third try involved extracting the ISO,

Re: Non-debian cd

2005-05-06 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Michael: > > I have been having troubles to no end installing Debian on my system. > I've recently purchased a WD800JD SATA hd and the I/OFlex SATA Controller. > > First I was trying to install Woody for ~3-4 days before I received both > pieces of hardware and have been trying to

Re: Non-debian cd

2005-05-06 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Pollywog: > Please post your question in plain text. Many people read the list with Mutt > and not with a browser or mail client capable of reading HTML and one of > those people might have the answer you seek. Get a real mail client. It looks fine in my mutt. -- Any technolog

Re: Non-debian cd

2005-05-06 Thread Pollywog
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