RE: ISO Image Problem

From: Shaffer, Paul D (paul.d.shaffer_at_lmco.com)
Date: 10/18/04

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    Try skipping mediacheck, just for grins and giggles. There is a strong
    possibility it will successfully complete the install anyway.

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    [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com] On Behalf Of Steve Walter
    Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 2:06 PM
    To: fedora-list@redhat.com
    Subject: RE: ISO Image Problem

    > M.Hockings:
    >
    > I would make sure that you are burning the CD at or below it's max
    > burn speed. Some of the cheap CD's have a low burn speed and may or
    > may not give ideal results if burnt at the writer's max speed.

    Tried that, no go.

    > Dale Sykora:
    >
    > Other than slowing down the write speed (as already suggested), are
    > you sure you are "creating cd from image" rather than just "copying
    > *.iso to cd".
    >
    > John Aldrich:
    >
    > One thing... Are you *sure* you're burning it correctly? I know in the
    past
    > I've accidentally burned the image as a single file to the CD when I
    wasn't
    > paying attention to what I was doing. Make sure you're using the burn
    > an image to a CD option.

    Yes. I'm booting from disk 1 and running "linux mediacheck" at the
    boot: prompt. I've also tried starting the install process which takes
    you into the mediacheck anyway. 

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