newbie. Really Newbie

[Itai Raz]

Hi All,

I really know my way around windows. Who cares....

I wonder if there's a best practice or something here that I'm missing. I
downloaded the images for installation of RedHat 8.0, and burned them, then
tried to install Linux. It failed. I then tried to go through the media
check that it does just before the installation starts, and the check showed
me Discs 1 and 3 were failing. I then tried to download Disc 1 again
(different download site), burned it again, and tried again. Same result.
The check seems to go up to 9%, then hang for a while, and then come back
with a "fail" result.

Any ideas, anyone?

Thanks,

--itai

[Paul]

"Itai Raz" <notreadingthis@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Hi All,
>I wonder if there's a best practice or something here that I'm missing.
I
>downloaded the images for installation of RedHat 8.0, and burned them, then
>tried to install Linux. It failed. I then tried to go through the media
>check that it does just before the installation starts, and the check showed
>me Discs 1 and 3 were failing. I then tried to download Disc 1 again
>(different download site), burned it again, and tried again. Same result.
>The check seems to go up to 9%, then hang for a while, and then come back
>with a "fail" result.
>
>Any ideas, anyone?
>

First, before actually burning the CDs you should check that the images that
you downloaded are OK. Most distributions create what are called "MD5" files,
which is a text file that includes the name of the file as well as a check
value (called a "message digest fingerprint") in the form of a 32-byte long
hexadecimal string. If the CD image file you are downloading is xxx.iso,
then the check file will usually be called xxx.iso.md5; download this file
along with the CD image file, then run an MD5 check.

To obtain an MD5 generator/checker, you can do a search for "MD5"; I did
this a minute ago and found a command-line version (along with instructions
for use) at:
http://www.fourmilab.ch/md5/
There are Windows/GUI versions as well, but I'll leave you to research that
on your own...

If, after downloading, the CD image passes the MD5 check, then you know that
the source data is OK. If you are *still* having problems, that pretty much
leaves the quality of the media (I've had media problems in the past) and/or
the CDR subsystem on your system...

GKP

[paul]

"Paul" <gkp@mad.scientist.com> wrote:
>
>"Itai Raz" <notreadingthis@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>Hi All,
>>I wonder if there's a best practice or something here that I'm missing.
>I
>>downloaded the images for installation of RedHat 8.0, and burned them,
then
>>tried to install Linux. It failed. I then tried to go through the media
>>check that it does just before the installation starts, and the check showed
>>me Discs 1 and 3 were failing. I then tried to download Disc 1 again
>>(different download site), burned it again, and tried again. Same result.
>>The check seems to go up to 9%, then hang for a while, and then come back
>>with a "fail" result.
>>Ive found the iso's that ive downloaded from www.linuxiso.org to be very
reliable..never a problem with them....try there if you havent already
>>Any ideas, anyone?
>>
>
>First, before actually burning the CDs you should check that the images
that
>you downloaded are OK. Most distributions create what are called "MD5" files,
>which is a text file that includes the name of the file as well as a check
>value (called a "message digest fingerprint") in the form of a 32-byte long
>hexadecimal string. If the CD image file you are downloading is xxx.iso,
>then the check file will usually be called xxx.iso.md5; download this file
>along with the CD image file, then run an MD5 check.
>
>To obtain an MD5 generator/checker, you can do a search for "MD5"; I did
>this a minute ago and found a command-line version (along with instructions
>for use) at:
>http://www.fourmilab.ch/md5/
>There are Windows/GUI versions as well, but I'll leave you to research that
>on your own...
>
>If, after downloading, the CD image passes the MD5 check, then you know
that
>the source data is OK. If you are *still* having problems, that pretty much
>leaves the quality of the media (I've had media problems in the past) and/or
>the CDR subsystem on your system...
>
>GKP