I've been trying to install RH9 Linux on my new Seagate HDD. Everytime
the install fails complaining of a bad package (each time a different
one). I tried to install Fedora too and the same thing happens.
Sometimes the error happens while reading from the second install CD.
(pretty much random on where the error is encountered).

Has anyone been seeing this issue and do you know how I can fix this?
I've tried changing CDROM drives but to no avail. I really want to get
Linux installed and going.. this is just downright frustrating. Please
help! Thanks in advance.

Kaushik

"Kaushik" <fkr003@email.mot.com> wrote in message
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> I've been trying to install RH9 Linux on my new Seagate HDD. Everytime
> the install fails complaining of a bad package (each time a different
> one). I tried to install Fedora too and the same thing happens.
> Sometimes the error happens while reading from the second install CD.
> (pretty much random on where the error is encountered).
>
> Has anyone been seeing this issue and do you know how I can fix this?
> I've tried changing CDROM drives but to no avail. I really want to get
> Linux installed and going.. this is just downright frustrating. Please
> help! Thanks in advance.
>
> Kaushik
>
>

Check your CD media; that was my problem...

I had a big problem with several versions of Redhat & Fedora Core 1. My
issue was that when I created the CDs from ISOs with my burner, I didn't
create the CD with the correct settings in the burning application.

I use Easy CD Creator & Easy CD Pro 95 with my various burners [NEC, Ricoh,
Smart & Friendly, etc...]. This is just an observation, but if I didn't
select the 'Write Method' as 'Disk At Once' when writing ISOs, the disk will
not work correctly (no matter what brand CD or CR Drive I try to read it
with - cheap or expensive). The default 'Write Method' of 'Track At Once'
with the 'Close CD' option produces coasters all the time (disk reads, but
intermittently fails on odd packages - never the same one each time)....
See if there is a similar write feature/option in your CD burner program. I
suspect that is where your problem is.
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