I ended up getting it to install by burning a new DVD of a different brand
from a third computer at a speed 4x lower than the maximum for that DVD. I
guess it was just a bad combination. XD
On 7/30/06, Michael <
bmike101@cox.net> wrote:
>
> YOu know, linux is a bit more sensitive than windows..... meaning that it
> reportsthings as bad sooner than widows reports things as
> bad......... maybe
> that has some relevence to this thread.
>
> On Saturday 29 July 2006 22:31, KE7FEG wrote:
> > IF you have a 'live cd' that will run the system, you
> > might try badblock, just DO NOT put the 'w' switch
> > unless you want/know how to low level reformat a now
> > not identifiable device.
> >
> > The command is:
> >
> >
> > 'badblocks -svv /dev/hda1' or whatever the drive is
> > w/o the quotes.
> >
> > Wait and see if more of the guru's says not to for a
> > day or so before trying that command. IF you use the
> > switches -svvw you can basically toss it in the trash
> > as it wont even show up as being in the machine. Been
> > there, done that on a bad drive that previously
> > belonged to someone and crashed 3 days after I got it.
> > The machine thought it no longer had an hd when I
> > added that 'w' to the string and let it rip for
> > overnight!!
> >
> > But as long as it isn't writing, but just checking the
> > hd and reporting errors back it should reboot if that
> > is possible.
> >
> > Again, NOT a guru, and the badblocks command came up
> > talking about completely destroying a hd never to be
> > read again.
> >
> > --- Patrick C <patrick.pxc.c@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > 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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