On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 13:34:28 -0500 "Mike A. Harris" <mharris@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thompson Freeman wrote: > > > > Another of my silly little "challenges". As in things aren't quite > > working as expected 8-/. > > > > I have downloaded the cd isos for FC-6, and the sha1sums of the > > images test as good. I have burned to cd two complete sets of cds, > > and gotten one cd to pass the media check step. _Everything_ else > > fails, and fails multiple times. > > I have looked at bugzilla and not found mention of this being a > > problem as it has in the past with fedora. > > > > Is anyone else having similar challenges, or should I assume the > > problem is entirely on this end? > > > > As a side issue, how would I get the sha1sum of the burned cd? I > > believe that should remain the same as the image file, or am I > > completely a sea? > > > > Thanks in advance for your help > > As a hopefully useful additional datapoint... > > I've done very similar, but with the DVD image, having done: > > 1) Downloaded DVD ISO of FC6 via bittorrent > > 2) Verified the SHA1SUM of the image > > 3) Burned it to DVD+R and used the verification feature of the burn > software to ensure the image burned correctly. > > 4) Booted off DVD and attempted to install over top of an existing FC5 > install. > > The first attempt got as far as bringing up disk druid where I planned > to custom partition. The installation hung with a kernel BUG() > assertion which was dumped to one of the consoles. Anaconda et al. > was no longer functional, however VC switching still worked. > > The second attempt got slightly further, allowing me to select my > partitioning scheme in disk druid, however when I selected "Next" to > leave disk druid and proceed, the installation hung again, this time > with a fairly large python traceback. > > Unfortunately, I didn't have my digital camera handy at the time, and > wasn't able to capture the details for a proper bug report yet. When > time permits, I'm going to attempt a 3rd install with camera in hand > and try to capture useful details to dump in bugzilla. For the mean > time, I thought it might be useful to share this here in case it helps > others pinpoint down any problems. > > This system is a 2.8Ghz Intel Pentium 4 Northwood, with an i865 > chipset, PATA drives. Currently running FC5 and another OS without > trouble. > > I'll dump more info into bugzilla when I can reproduce it again. > I have had similar issues, the problem was at my end. A media check with one box/cd gave me a fail and the same disk with a media check in another box passed. The problem was the box/drive that failed was an older box and did not like to read rw CDs. I have also occasionally found the same problem with some regular read CDs. Before you assume your download or burn was bad do a media check on a newer box/cd drive.
