On Thursday 17 February 2005 11:13 am, Paul Howarth wrote: > Mark Sargent wrote: > > On Thursday 17 February 2005 03:13 am, Paul Howarth wrote: > >>On Wed, 2005-02-16 at 22:57 -0800, Don Russell wrote: > >>>Mark Sargent wrote: > >>>>Hi All, > >>>> > >>>>truly annoyed with this distro. Here is my situation. I attempted CD > >>>>based upgrade from 2 to 3 just b4. Got to a certain package, which gave > >>>>the following error, ttfonts-ja-1.2-36 cannot be opened-missing/corrupt > >>>>file/package-corrupt CD media/drive can't read media(paraphrased > >>>>message) > >>> > >>>[snip] > >>> > >>>Before starting the upgrade, did you do a "media check" to make sure all > >>>the CDs were correct? > >> > >>You might want to retry the upgrade but specify "linux nocddma" at the > >>boot prompt. That might work better for you. > >> > >>Paul. > >>-- > >>Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Hi All, > > > > Paul, what does that actually do, if ya wouldn't mind elaborating.? > > Cheers. > > It turns off DMA access for the CD drives. It'll be slower but it > *might* alleviate the problem you're having. > > Paul. Hi All, thanx, you everywhere, Paul. Cheers. Mark Sargent.
