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Title: dvd failed
Post by: linuxnoob on September 13, 2007, 11:15:43 pm
when I was installing linuxmce this happened
(http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb85/__revo__/PHTO0006.jpg)

amd 1800
512 ram
mx4000
30gb
80gb
crap dvd player

help plz
im a noob to linux
Title: Re: dvd failed
Post by: teedge77 on September 13, 2007, 11:17:36 pm
did you check the md5 on the dvd iso?
Title: Re: dvd failed
Post by: linuxnoob on September 13, 2007, 11:18:28 pm
how do you do that
Title: Re: dvd failed
Post by: colinjones on September 13, 2007, 11:23:24 pm
There's a corruption in the data that gzip is complaining about. Prob from a dodgey burn - try burning it again with a lower burn speed, or worst, download it again (less likely but poss...)
Title: Re: dvd failed
Post by: teedge77 on September 13, 2007, 11:29:37 pm
you need to download a program to generate an MD5 sum on your iso. then you need to compare the MD5 you get, to the one listed where you downloaded the iso. if they match, then the download was fine and the burn was bad. if they dont, you'll need to redownload it. check that MD5 sum and if it matches burn it again.
Title: Re: dvd failed
Post by: linuxnoob on September 14, 2007, 01:31:50 am
they didn't mach sadly :'( :'(
Title: Re: dvd failed
Post by: teedge77 on September 14, 2007, 02:38:52 am
yeah that definitely sucks. theres been a lot of that though. sometimes people are lucky and its just the burn that went bad.
Title: Re: dvd failed
Post by: wsuetholz on September 14, 2007, 11:00:47 pm
I had pretty much the same error.  And, it seems to be because my DVD-Rom drive is fairly old, and can't handle the data stream the way that it's being read...

I copied the two parts of the archive to the HD and ran cat linux-mce* | gunzip -c | tar xvf and that worked OK,   Where the same command failed when the archive was on the DVD.  Unfortunately I don't know what steps need to be done after that.

So, I'm starting to install kubuntu, and will proceed with the CD install method.

BTW:  The next version WONT!! force me to reinstall from scratch RIGHT???

Bill
Title: Re: dvd failed
Post by: linuxnoob on September 19, 2007, 11:36:39 pm
im dowloading for the 3d time IM ANGRY i have bouaght 4x dvds what speed shold i burn them at?
Title: Re: dvd failed
Post by: Hagen on September 20, 2007, 03:57:50 pm
You really should do the Kubuntu then the two CD install instead.
Takes slightly longer, but there are much fewer possible problems.

As to the burning speed, if your DVD drive is as crappy as you claim in your first post I'd burn it at 2x or even 1x... (most likely not at all, but it's your call)
Title: Re: dvd failed
Post by: linuxnoob on September 20, 2007, 11:35:08 pm
o i justed burned it at 4x :-\ the md5 matched so it should work.(http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb85/__revo__/praying.gif)
Title: Re: dvd failed
Post by: linuxnoob on September 21, 2007, 12:51:16 am
is it worth the cd for the config options
Title: Re: dvd failed
Post by: Hagen on September 21, 2007, 10:54:18 am
Not config options per se, but it's more "open" as to what you can use for hardware as you can do a couple of things in Kubuntu before loading LMCE.
I would say that it's just "safer" alltough I don't know why.
I have not gotten the DVD to work ever (tried three times), but have three succesfull "three CD" installs.
Title: Re: dvd failed
Post by: atreidae on September 21, 2007, 05:18:46 pm
have you guys grabbed the DVD off the mirror.chibiko.net site? looks like my isos have been corrupted
Title: Re: dvd failed
Post by: raxxal on September 21, 2007, 07:12:40 pm
I downlaod LinuxMCE DVD, tried to install it, and what I nightmare! First of all, it screwup real good my Vista partition  really bad to the ponit  that I have to reinstalled Vista.  This thing did not boot at all. Somehow I forced it to continue after getting an error about job control not active or something like that.  By the way , I have the Sony laptop FZ180.
From this experience I learned that I should not wonder too much away from the best distros: Mandriva dn Suse!
Title: Re: dvd failed
Post by: teedge77 on September 21, 2007, 07:20:56 pm
screwed up your vista partition?  :D you do realize that it says right in the wiki that its going to use your entire drive right?

1. The Quick Install DVD installs both Kubuntu and LinuxMCE at the same time in 20 minutes with only 3 keystrokes. You pick the hard drive you want it to install onto, and it will partition it, format it, install everything with default options, and set your location and regional settings using an IP2Location service. The DVD installer essentially takes a pre-installed image and copies it to the hard drive. This is why it is so fast and easy. But you also don't have low-level control over the installation process. Note: this installer will erase all existing data from the selected hard drive. The DVD Installation page contains a walkthrough of this installer.

did you check to see if the hardware in your sony laptop is even supported? oh man...this is another good one.
Title: Re: dvd failed
Post by: linuxnoob on September 22, 2007, 01:34:19 am
i think im going to try the dvd first then if that fails to the cds ;)
Title: Re: dvd failed
Post by: linuxnoob on September 22, 2007, 03:03:26 pm
okay it installed well sort of. When it rebooted it said saided failed or some like that. To the cds i go. So i need Kubanto and the two cds right
Title: Re: dvd failed
Post by: Hagen on September 22, 2007, 07:54:01 pm
Kubuntu 0704 and LMCE CDs 1 and 2 (the two LMCE CDs are in one download if you use the torrent)
Title: Re: dvd failed
Post by: linuxnoob on September 26, 2007, 01:53:31 am
When it said,"eeroe operarting system failed" i thought it was the dvd but kubant did it too. So im going to      swap my 30gb to 20gb and see what happens
Title: Re: dvd failed
Post by: linuxnoob on September 26, 2007, 03:25:16 am
i installed kubuntu successfully. But its on a 8.5 gb. Will kubuntu and linux mce fit on 8.5 gb? with 80 gb for storage on other drive.
Title: Re: dvd failed
Post by: Space on October 11, 2007, 12:40:32 am
Had this problem, re-downloaded from pirate bay bit torrent, re-burnt on different DVD and no corruption errors on install - just black screen on first boot from hard drive :( (i.e no graphics from my nvidea 7600).
Title: Re: dvd failed
Post by: Zaerc on October 11, 2007, 12:49:50 am
Had this problem, re-downloaded from pirate bay bit torrent, re-burnt on different DVD and no corruption errors on install - just black screen on first boot from hard drive :( (i.e no graphics from my nvidea 7600).

Try pressing 1-5 and/or connecting screens to the other outputs, see also: http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/AVWizard#What_to_do_if_A.2FV_Wizard_does_not_start