Re: CDs won't boot, give a failed crc, or don't give a menu
Michael Loftis wrote:
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> --On December 1, 2005 10:49:01 PM -0800 David Liontooth
> <liontooth@cogweb.net> wrote:
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>> Greetings --
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>> I've just spent a traumatic three hours trying to install Debian on a
>> plain 686. I've installed Debian on a dozen machines before, including
>> this one (it's a reinstall after a possible hacker attack).
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>> 1. First attempt: etch beta 1 daily build netinstall
>> http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/i386/iso
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>> -cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso
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>> Machine boots from CD, I press return to boot (and try expert), but it
>> gives an immediate crc error and freezes
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>> 2. Second attempt: etch beta 1 netinstall
>> http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/etch_d-i/beta1/i386/iso-cd
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>> /debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso
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>> Machine boots from CD, I press return and it loads modules -- but
>> produces an endless flow of debconf messages instead of making an
>> installation menu
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> Well not sure, but it's probably broken, use sarge.
OK, I tried that -- wget
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/3.1_r0a/i386/iso-cd/debian-31r0a-i386-netinst.iso
Fails. Boots to the welcome screen, I press return, reads the compressed
image, and gives a crc error. On two very different machines. That's my
sixth coaster.
Debian doesn't seem to have a working boot CD anywhere. I guess I'll do
a debootstrap.
Dave
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>> 3. Third attempt: debian-testing-i386-binary-11.iso
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>> Burn the CD, mount it and check contents, looks fine -- but two of my
>> machines agree it's not a boot CD
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>> 4. Fourth attempt: debian-31r0a-i386-binary-12.iso
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> These aren't bootable. You want the netinst for 31r0a *or* the -1
> disc I believe has the boot/installer.
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>> Burn the CD with k3b, mount it and check contents, looks fine -- but two
>> of my machines agree it's not a boot CD.
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>> I even tried burning it again, using
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>> cdrecord -v speed=8 dev=/dev/hdd -data
>> debian-testing-i386-binary-11.iso
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>> -- checks out fine, but isn't bootable.
>>
>> I noticed these have autorun.bat and .inf files in the root directory,
>> and the LordSutch doesn't, but find it had to believe this is the
>> problem. I can mount the iso image using
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>> mount -o loop -t iso9660 debian-testing-i386-binary-11.iso loop
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>> No errors, looks like a valid iso. I have an old potato install CD from
>> LordSutch that works fine on both tested machines -- and of course the
>> first two images I burned booted.
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>> Please tell me what's going on. Have I really downloaded four broken
>> iso images in a row? Since I even tried a stable image, I really don't
>> know where to turn.
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>> This reminds me of the very first time I tried to install Debian, on
>> floppies, and I knew nothing about it; I stayed up all night and got
>> nowhere. I really want Debian and not Ubuntu, I'd like a recent version
>> at the base, and I need a driver for sk98lin or equivalent. But I
>> simply cannot afford to spend this much time getting a workable CD. One
>> of my burners -- a Pioneer DVR-104 -- doesn't recognize my rewritable
>> media, and the other, on a laptop, won't erase them, so I end up
>> producing lots of coasters.
>>
>> Dave
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