[plug] frustrated.....plzz help !

[Ben Jensz]

Well I think you've already answered your own question there.  The 
CD-ROM drive sounds like its stuffed, if its new, take it back to who 
you bought it from and exchange it or get a different brand.


/ Ben


asif wrote:

> I got 'original' Redhat 8.0 CDs and tried to install it on my pretty old
> machine (P-II 350, 64 RAM..). But after the 'Media Check' it always 
> shows 'FAIL'.
> Someone told me the problem is either with the CDs or my CD-ROM drive 
> (Asus 50X). Then i went to my cousins house and checked on his PC with 
> Asus 52X drive.
> The media check showed success. I brought that NEW CD-drive along with 
> me and tried again on my PC. guess what.....FAIL !
>  
> then i tried installing it anyway and blew up my partition as it 
> stopped halfway
> showing the following message.
>  
> ERROR
> **********
> The file /mnt/sysimage/var/tmp/glibc-common-2.2.93-5.i386.rpm cannot 
> be opened. This is due to a missing file, a bad package, or bad media. 
> Press <return> to try again.
> *********************************************************************************************
>  
> Plz help me with this.
>  
> rgds.