On Sat, Apr 09, 2005 at 01:14:49PM -0700, script wrote: > I have now twice downloaded and burned the iso's for > discs 2 and 3 of fedora core 3 and am unable to > install > because disc 2 (for starters) is unverifyable because > it is missing the md5sum (how is this possible? i did > a check on the iso and the cdrecord didn't give me any > hassle when i burned the iso) and disc 3 get's 99% > through the media check then fails. > > Both do fine on a dummy cdrecord and appear fine on a > regular cdrecord. > > I'm using redhat 9 on a dell to download and burn the > iso's. > > I'm installing on a IBM Thinkpad G40. Any ideas? > > Thanks!! I have had that behavior with one type of hardware. Curing the problem may involve turning off dma. Here is where my memory is fuzzy. I think the option when installing and maybe also with mediacheck is: ide=nodma If I have gotten the form of the option wrong someone will point that out I am sure. -- ======================================================================= Business is a good game -- lots of competition and minimum of rules. You keep score with money. -- Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University One Trinity Place. San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 telephone: (210)-999-7484 email:akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx
