FC2 media check fails on one system

[James Wilkinson]

RDD IT wrote:
> My first attempt to install FC2 failed during the installation of packages, 
> with an error message that a particular package could not be found.  I 
> rebooted, and tested the installation media -- it failed.  Stupid me, I 
> should have done that before.  Burned a new CD, tested it -- failed.  
> Downloaded the ISO again, checked the MD5, burned a new CD, tested it -- 
> failed.  Hmmm...  Pop the CD in another machine, reboot, test the media -- 
> PASS!  Switched out the CD-ROM drives between the two machines, so that the 
> one that had passed the CD was now in my FC2-ToBe machine.  Boot up, test 
> media -- fail.

Sorry: did it fail in FC2-ToBe with the CD-ROM drive that had passed it
earlier?

You've had a lot of good advice. Do remember to give your system a once-
through with memtest86, even though it was running Linux before. If a
DIMM has developed a glitch recently, this might be the first you hear
of it.

James.

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