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Re: Debian 3.1r0 on Dell Latitude CPxH500



On Wednesday 26 October 2005 23:17, Jim Bartlett wrote:
> Built CD image from Jigdo. CD boots fine, but while scanning CD
> contents, it gets about halfway through (ie ../j or ../k) and states
> there is a problem reading the media. If I retry, it fails. Running the
> CD checker from the disk results in an instant 'Not a valid Debian cd'.
> CDROM drive is in the bay (battery in other bay).

Sounds like the kernel driver is having problems accessing your CD-ROM. 
This can have various causes.

You can try the tips in question 23 of [1].
Another option is to boot the installer in expert mode and see if the 
problems go away if you only load the drivers needed to access the 
CD-ROM.

[1] http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstallerFAQ

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