RE: "sarge" install: "Install base system" bombs and disk errors(?)
Greg,
Thanks for the help. What do you mean, you used jigdo? I just ftp'd it
(onto a Windows NT4.0 machine) and burned an iso image. It booted OK, but
I'm getting all kinds of CD errors.
Thanks,
Allen
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gregory Pierce [mailto:prcg@mac.com]
> Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2004 4:56 PM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: RE: "sarge" install: "Install base system" bombs and disk
> errors(?)
>
>
> Allen,
>
> Having just installed sarge on my laptop I think I may be able to help.
> I initially attempted to install sarge from a cd I burned using jigdo.
> This failed repeatedly...I kept getting corrupted media messages part
> way through the installation, though it would boot nicely. So, I went
> to a net-install version of sarge
> (http://www.nl.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/) and downloaded the
> files using jigdo on WindowsXP box, burned it as a CD (.iso) image, and
> booted fron it just fine. On my laptop i typed at the boot prompt
> expert vga=771
> and everything installed fine. I chose unstable and things still worked
> fine. I would suggest having important peripherals like wireless cards
> attached as the installer will detect them, making less work in the
> future.
> The installer also detected my built-in ethernet cards
> which work fine
> as well. I am a relatively newcomer with Linux, and I couldn't begin to
> unravel the mysteries of why net-install worked and why the usual CD
> installation failed.
>
> Greg
>
> On Sun, 2004-06-20 at 16:37, Allen Williams wrote:
> > OK, fixed that problem, but, with "sarge", I still get the
> following errors
> > (same as original problem):
> >
> > modprobe: failed to load module floppy
> > eval: 3: Syntax error: newline unexpected (expected ")")
> >
> > With "woody", it can't find my network hardware (Intel 82547EI
> Gigabit LAN
> > controller).
> >
> > Any help with either of these would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Allen
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Kent West [mailto:westk@acu.edu]
> > > Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2004 3:48 PM
> > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> > > Subject: Re: "sarge" install: "Install base system" bombs and disk
> > > errors (?)
> > >
> > >
> > > Allen Williams wrote:
> > >
> > > >This is a brand new system- no data to worry about, but
> would like to get
> > > >the system installed. Given a brand new system, don't think my
> > > hardware is
> > > >dying, but, of course, anything is possible.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >>-----Original Message-----
> > > >>From: J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) [mailto:fsmla@xinara.org]
> > > >>Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2004 1:04 PM
> > > >>To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> > > >>Subject: Re: "sarge" install: "Install base system" bombs and disk
> > > >>errors (?)
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>On Sun, Jun 20, 2004 at 11:08:59 -0400, Allen Williams wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>>and, on console alt-F4, I am getting these error messages:
> > > >>>
> > > >>>June 20 00:58:56 (none) syslog.warn klogd: hdc: media error
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>(bad sector):
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>>status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>>Is there anyplace that tells me how to decode these error messages?
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>The usual decoding is "your disk is dying, hope you have a good
> > > backup. If
> > > >>not, try to backup any data you want to keep NOW."
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > /dev/hdc is usually (but not always) the CD-ROM drive. This is
> > > indicative of a bad/scratched/dirty CD, or a faulty CD-ROM drive, or a
> > > bad CD-ROM cable/controller. I'd start by trying a different
> install CD
> > > (or a different CD-ROM drive if you have one available).
> > >
> > > --
> > > Kent
> > >
> > >
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