[plug] Redhat 7.3 install (argh!!!!)

[Steve Grasso]

How old are the CD-ROM drives you guys are using?
I experienced repeated problems with RH 7.2 CD's throwing errors which 
initially looked like a bug in anaconda, but which traced back to a dodgy 
CD-ROM drive. Using a different CD-ROM fixed the problem.

Steve

On Tue, 3 Sep 2002 07:49, obiwan wrote:
> Salutations
> I too decided to try Red Hat 7.3. So of i trundled to the local
> newsagent, purchased said software, and immeditely went home to marvel
> at the delights of my new OS. Disc 1 and 2 installed without a hitch,
> and when it came time for disc 3, with shaking hands and eager
> anticipation (for i knew the end was nigh) i inserted the asked for
> disc, and lo my machine spat it out like a piece of half chewed
> broccoli.Carefully i checked that i had inserted the correct Cd. After
> many futile attempts to get my machine to take the cd i gave up in utter
> frustration, and reinstalled my old faithful mandrake 8.2.However all
> was not lost. I now have a very colourfull set of coffee coasters.
>
> On Mon, 2002-09-02 at 22:10, Adrian Blockley wrote:
> > Howdy All,
> >
> > I decided to bite the bullet and upgrade my work Linux box to Redhat
> > 7.3. All was going fine until it asked me to insert redhat 7.3 cd
> > number 3. I inserted the disk with the correct number on it (wasn't too
> > hard there were only 3 disks) and then got an error message telling me
> > that I have inserted the wrong disk. After many re-inserts and many
> > rechecks I can confirm that I have inserted the correct disk even
> > though the install program would like to tell me otherwise. I suspect I
> > have a bad CD but I am not too sure on how to check this - any hints
> > anyone?
> >
> > I suspect that I disturbed the metaphysical balance of my machine after
> > 20 minutes into the upgrade and with only 45 MB of the 1.2 GB left to
> > go I was thinking if only MS operating systems were such a breeze to
> > install (sigh...)
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Age
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