media error? installing from hdd

[Kyrre Ness Sjobak]

try "linux mediacheck" - it will prompt you to test your media. Whether
it is cd's, NFS, HD etc.

søn, 26.09.2004 kl. 17.38 skrev Scott Talbot:
> On Sun, 2004-09-26 at 18:24 +0300, Marius Andreiana wrote:
> > Tried installing fc3t2 from hdd (4 isos, md5's are correct, checked then
> > twice)
> > 
> > On about 1/3 from install, it gave an error on installing gnome-applets,
> > suggesting media error or lack of space (installed everything, had a 10g
> > partitions just formatted by it)
> > 
> > Any suggestions on what could be wrong? The same system is running fc2
> > now.
> > 
> > Thanks
> > -- 
> > Marius Andreiana
> > Galuna - Solutii Linux in Romania
> > http://www.galuna.ro
> > 
> 	Marius: 
> 	It is possible (probable!) that some error has occurred while writing
> the CD that is causing the problem.  You could try to copy the offending
> files to see if they truly exist (this has happened to me and when I
> drag an icon from the CD to the Desktop, I get an error and find that
> the file length = 0 Bytes).
> 	One way around this, if you haven't erased the .iso files is to put
> them somewhere close to the main directory of a partition, and do a Hard
> disk install ("linux askmethod" at the boot prompt).  Otherwise I have
> had good luck sometimes by burning CD at very low speed.  Possibly I
> could buy better media?
> 
> Scott
>