josh wrote:
Hi, [SNIP] Look at my latest frustration: I have downloaded 'wheezy' and created a CD from the Iso image. When I attempt to boot from the CD the screen image comes up, I respond to a few options, then the system reports unable to read from the CD - which it has, of course, been doing.
[Snip record of getting same results after multiple downloads, re-burning CD, and trying CDs on multiple machines known to run other versions of Linux.]
I have so far spent two days trying to find some reference to this problem in your lists.
Then don't _limit_ the search to the mailing lists. The posts will, by nature, be focused on a _unique expression_ of a problem class.
I tried www.google.com/search?q=troubleshoot+live+install+debian+iso . The 3rd hit was https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch05s04.html which leads off with: "Sometimes, especially with older CD-ROM drives, the installer may fail to boot from a CD-ROM. The installer may also — even after booting successfully from CD-ROM — fail to recognize the CD-ROM or return errors while reading from it
during the installation."
It then details a trouble shooting methodology. HTH