Re: CDs won't boot, give a failed crc, or don't give a menu
David Liontooth wrote:
>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.
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>OK, I tried that -- wget
>http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/3.1_r0a/i386/iso-cd/debian-31r0a-i386-netinst.iso
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>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.
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>Debian doesn't seem to have a working boot CD anywhere. I guess I'll do
>a debootstrap.
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I forgot -- I took out the old installation with the old potato install,
before I realized it doesn't support the NIC. I guess I'll just switch
to Ubuntu, but on my grave I'll write I really did want Debian. :-)
Cheers,
Dave
>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.
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>>>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.
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>>>Dave
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>>Michael Loftis
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