Update: I've tried installing Kubuntu. Failed. I tried installing it by
moving the hard drive to a different computer. Failed. Tried the SuSe
10.2Beta, failed. New conclusion: the hard drive is messed up. It had
been
seeming flaky before, different partitioning utilities were taking issue
with it. My idea is that the 3GB swap that the Linux installers create is
actually used during the install. Some packages are probably copied to the
swap before being installed to the root partition. After this, the installer
has trouble reading from the swap, and fails.
I'm no expert, in fact, I'm pretty much a Linux newbie, but this to me,
seems the only logical explanation left. As I write, it's attempting to
install on an extra hard drive my dad had lying around, and seems to be
going just fine.
On 7/28/06, Alan Dayley <
alandd@consultpros.com> wrote:
>
> Patrick,
>
> I don't mean to add to your frustration but, I am confused. Having read
> your description below along with this recent note, you seem to be saying
> that all of the players (computer, DVD disc, DVD drive, etc.) have worked
> before but now. In other words, each piece is "known good" or "proven
> good" but they aren't working together.
>
> When I get to a point in an investigation where everything is supposedly
> good but it still doesn't work, I have to step back and methodically start
> again. Maybe you could describe each involved part of the system and why
> you know it is good. Then briefly describe each debug step you took up to
> now. This may reveal if you missed something along the way.
>
> (Just yesterday a colleague again taught me, for the jillionth time in my
> life, that a hard drive works better if you attach the power connector!
> Sometimes I have to go back to the basics, maybe we all do.)
>
> Alan
>
> > Well, actually, I've tried two different CD/DVD drives.
> >
> > On 7/28/06, Eric Shubes <plug@shubes.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> Patrick C wrote:
> >> > I've recently been trying to install openSuSe 10.1 on my desktop,
> >> which
> >> > I have installed several times before, but for some reason, when it
> >> gets
> >> > to the actual install phase, it always chokes. It gives me a message
> >> > saying that a package (different package every time) can't be found
> on
> >> > the medium (DVD). If I click retry, YaST then crashes, and it fails.
> >> > I've already verified that the DVD is fine. I've installed it on
> >> another
> >> > system, written the iso from a different DVD writer, etc. I already
> >> know
> >> > that it's not the IDE cable that's bad, and I don't think the power
> is
> >> > the problem either. I've also switched out the RAM to make sure it
> >> > wasn't failing because of bad RAM. It had no operating system at all
> >> > until my dad decided to restore Windows from an image just to get
> >> > SOMETHING on there. Somehow, I get the feeling that Windows wouldn't
> >> > install from a CD either. Oh yeah, we also tried installing it from
> >> the
> >> > 5 CDs. Right now the computer is sitting on it's side, laid naked on
> >> the
> >> > desk next to me and I'm sitting here rather angry, using my sister's
> >> > computer.
> >> >
> >>
> >> Sounds like you've eliminated everything but the DVD/CD drive.
> >>
> >> --
> >> -Eric 'shubes'
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