From: Matthew Daubenspeck <matt@oddprocess.org>
To: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Woody Install Error
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 11:04:47 -0400
On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 10:06:07AM -0400, Matthew Daubenspeck wrote:
> > Try moving the disk out of that box to the new one, and see if it
runs.
> > Also try the reverse: move the 'new' disk to the already-installed
> > machine and try to install on it in _that_ hardware.
>
> Unfortunatly, the original box is being used and cannot be swapped.
>
> I did try two other brand new hard drives, both with the same result.
>
> > Since you veryfied MD5 sums, chances are pretty low the CD's are
> > corrupted.... That would mean something goes wrong _within_ your new
> > box. Now what would cause garbage to be read from CD?
> >
> > Can you elaborate on what CD drive you're using? If IDE, can you try
it
> > with a different cable and on a different IDE bus? Does the
installer's
> > shell have 'md5sum', so you could verify the MD5 from within the
> > installer? Or, from the other machine's disk in this box, if that
works
> > out...
I replaced the drive with a standard CD drive and a new cable.
Same result.... I'm stumped.