Unable to install 5.4 from CDROM

[Gavin McDougall]

Mark Jones wrote:
> I'm having an odd problem installing 5.4 release from CDROM.
> 
> The machine is an HP ProLiant DL145. It didn't come with a CDROM drive, I 
> borrowed one from a Dell PowerEdge SC1425.
> The CDs are good, I've installed on other machines with them - in fact, on 
> the same machine that I borrowed the CDROM from.
> 
> I can boot from the CD with no problem. I go through sysinstall all the way 
> through the part where I select what sources to install. Sysinstall writes 
> the MBR and fsck's the drive with no problem. But then when it goes to 
> install the source and packages from CD, it says it can't read the CD.
> 
> Any idea what's going on here?

Hi Mark,

Some cdrom drives read better than others and some read well only when 
they want to.

It sounds like it could be one of two things:-

* Either your cdrom drive is fscked....or near about.

* Or you have a dodgy copy of 5.4.

Did you analyse the MD5 Checksum ??

Is the cdrom drive connected to the IDE channel, or is it SCSI.

Have you tried another cdrom drive?

The other option would be to get the 5.4 BOOT disk, boot from it and 
install via the net.

Hope you come right.

Regards,

Gavin

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