bad DVDs?

Bob Hemus ol.bob
Sun Aug 27 19:29:41 PDT 2006


On Sun, 2006-08-27 at 21:06 -0500, Net Llama! wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Aug 2006, Bob Hemus wrote:
> > I just tried to install Debian 3.1 r2 on Two DVDs I purchased from
> > Cheapbytes.  A far piece in, after running the scan disks for indxes.
> > and a (g) to install I got partly through  and I got a Media Failure
> > notice.  Also as it began to transfer (?) the files at the bottom of the
> > screen there was a (stalled) message as it looked to be transferring?
> > Are the disks bad?  Looks like that to me.  If I get
> > a confirmation from you folks I'll send a a message to Cheapbytes for a
> > replacement.  I've bough disks from them before without any errors.
> > Bob
> 
> Hard to say where the problem is.  Are both DVDs failing at the same point 
> during the installation, or is the point of failure variable?
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Both DVDs are out of the drive.  The programs are loading from memory, I
think.
Bob




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