Re: Upgrade from FC5 to FC6
On 3/1/07, Alan <alan(a)lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
> reliable and error recovery/read retry just does not work or has
an
> unacceptable success rate.
Error recovery is done by the drive firmware and by the OS. So if you CD
keeps failing you might want to check the drive, try burning at a lower
rate and/or cleaning it.
When it comes to burning Fedora releases I have learned a long time
ago to use the lowest possible burning speed. I still get "unable to
read package xyz" errors in spite of the media passing "media test".
The error typically occurs mid way or further in the installation
process, well after I have stepped away from the machine. "Retry"
seldom succeeds. Rather than waste hours waiting for an installation
which may never finish I find network installs to be a more reliable
option..