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On Thu, Sep 07, 2006 at 08:17:09AM +0200, Liebich, Wolfgang wrote |
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> I'm installing a new computer w/ gentoo (had Windows 2003 Server on |
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> it before). I'm installing from the minimal installation CD (tried w/ |
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> knoppix before). BUT today I OFTEN get IDE READ errors and afterwards |
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> - no command works. No shutdown, no halt, nothing. Pressing the Power |
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> button don't do anything either (oh GREAT) - I have to pull the cable |
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> (!). It seems it gets worse. The same happened w/ the knoppix CD i |
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> tried to use for booting yesterday - at first OK, then read errors, |
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> getting worse --- what gives?? Has anyone tips how to handle this |
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> (no, getting a new CDROM drive is not a FAST option :-() |
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Is the CDROM an older unit? If so, can you burn the install ISO on |
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another CD *AT THE SLOWEST SPEED IT WILL DO*? I have to do this at home |
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because my emergency backup machine is a 1999 Dell and the CDROM on it |
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will only read maximum 12X speed. |
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