At 6:29 PM -0700 9/21/05, Adam Boettiger wrote: >On 9/21/05 9:34 AM, "Michael A. Peters" <mpeters@xxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On Wed, 2005-09-21 at 09:18 -0700, Adam Boettiger wrote: >>> I've tried downloading the PPC version of Core 4 several times to CD-R. >>> Mediacheck shows all but the first .iso pass. Regardless of which mirror I >>> use, the first .iso file always seems to faily the Mediacheck. >>> >>> I'm wishing to dual-partition my PowerBook G4 with OS X and Core 4. For the >>> life of me I cannot understand why one file would fail the Media check from >>> all mirrors. >> >> There's a bug in mediacheck. With some CD drives, it is not reliable. > >Okay, mediacheck fails on .iso disc one PPC. But you and others say there is >a bug in it, so I just continued the install, skipping the check. I get >initialization lines scrolling on the install of disc 1 for about 30 >seconds, then it just stops and the screen goes blank - even before I can >get to disc 2 and any configuration of the install. > >I've burned 3 sets of iso files - one directly from the Redhat servers, two >from different mirrors. The same thing happens every time. I've tried both a >GUI install hitting return as well as a text install using 'linux >textinstall' and the same thing happens. I end up each time having to force >quit the laptop by powering it down holding the power button down until it >goes off and then restarting it again. ... Copy disk 1 back to an .iso, and check that with sha1sum. If that passes, then the disk burned correctly. ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ' <http://www.georgeanelson.com/>
