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

[asif]

but it's the CD-ROM drive with which i tested on my cousins PC
and got the message SUCCESS !

/Asif


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Jensz" <plug at jensz.id.au>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 12:58 PM
Subject: Re: [plug] frustrated.....plzz help !


> 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.
> >
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> >
> > Plz help me with this.
> >
> > rgds.
>
>