RDD IT wrote:
> My first attempt to install FC2 failed during the installation of packages,
> with an error message that a particular package could not be found. I
> rebooted, and tested the installation media -- it failed. Stupid me, I
> should have done that before. Burned a new CD, tested it -- failed.
> Downloaded the ISO again, checked the MD5, burned a new CD, tested it --
> failed. Hmmm... Pop the CD in another machine, reboot, test the media --
> PASS! Switched out the CD-ROM drives between the two machines, so that the
> one that had passed the CD was now in my FC2-ToBe machine. Boot up, test
> media -- fail.
Sorry: did it fail in FC2-ToBe with the CD-ROM drive that had passed it
earlier?
You've had a lot of good advice. Do remember to give your system a once-
through with memtest86, even though it was running Linux before. If a
DIMM has developed a glitch recently, this might be the first you hear
of it.
James.
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