jasper wrote:

> On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 00:38:14 +0000, Jeroen Geilman
> <nospam@notadaptr.nl> wrote:
>
>
>>jasper <jim101@starstream.net> randomly warbled in alt.os.linux.gentoo:
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>>>I have been running Mandrake linux for a few years. I decided to try
>>>Gentoo 1.4. I d/l'ed the two cd iso's and burned them to cd's. I boot,
>>>enter "smp" at the boot prompt and hit enter.
>>
>>You *do* have more than one processor, I assume?
>>
>>
>>>The next screen to come up asks for a runlevel to enter.
>>
>>It shouldn't.
>>
>>Not helpful, I know - have you checked the md5 sum of the ISO image?
>>
>>
>>>I have tried 1 thru 5. Each time, I
>>>get the message that nothing remains at this run level.
>>
>>Seriously b0rked boot, then... Are you sure the image was not corrupted
>>somehow ?
>>
>>
>>>Now what do I do?
>>
>>Check the md5 sum of the bootable cd, and download it again (with a good
>>download utility) when it's incorrect...
>
>
> Yes, I have a dual processor system.
>
> I checked the md5sum of the iso's after d/l'ing them. They were
> correct. However, I had burnt the cd's at a fast pace (40x). Now, I
> reburnt the first cd at a slower rate, and it is working fine.

Does anybody understand (and would be willing to explain) why exactly, a
cd burned at a higher rate will pass a crc check, but will fail in
instance of actual usage?

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