Re: CDs won't boot, give a failed crc, or don't give a menu
PS. I got debian-31r0a-i386-netinst.iso working -- I looked at the date
(June) and it didn't make sense that it would have a crc problem. I
burned another CD on my laptop, and this time it booted.
Using k3b with a Pioneer 104 produces CDs that don't boot, apparently
consistently. Any ideas why?
Dave
David Liontooth wrote:
>David Liontooth wrote:
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>>>--On December 1, 2005 10:49:01 PM -0800 David Liontooth
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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. :-)
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>Cheers,
>Dave
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>>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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