installation medium persistently failing media check

Kam Leo kam.leo at gmail.com
Sun Oct 8 19:37:25 UTC 2006


On 10/7/06, Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-10-07 at 20:48 +0100, Simon Tierney wrote:
> > Neither the download nor the burn process report any errors...
>
> They don't always, yet there can be problems.  Download the checksum as
> well as the ISO, and check the downloaded file against the checksum.
> That'll test the download.  It's pointless to continue with a broken
> download, but if it checks out, then you've got installation choices:
>
> Burn a disc, and hope that it works.  Perhaps ignoring the media check
> that the installation offers, it doesn't always work with all hardware.
> You can verify the disc in other ways, if you want to.
>
> Install over a network from the ISO file.  You can download and burn the
> rescue disc to start an installation that way.
>
>

CD/DVD drives are not created with equal media reading capabilities.
Newer and higher-speed media can pose problems for older drives. Try
using a different media type, e.g. +R vs. -R.  Also burn at a slower
speed.




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