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Data corrupt, Live CD will not install

by Dango517 Apr 9, 2008 4:26PM PDT

Can I down load this to the desk top and install it from there? How about USB? What file do I open to make it install the USB way? I could set up a LAN and install it from another PC. What is the easiest route? Simplicity please! I'm not really interested in becoming a Linux installer guru.

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Help for installing
by welrdelr Apr 9, 2008 6:32PM PDT

Yes, you can.
Follow these instructions for a desktop based installation: http://www.slackware.com/faq/do_faq.php?faq=installation#1
For usb install: go to the fedora website or to flash linux.

Exact usb install instructions: http://mediakey.dk/~cc/fedora-howto-install-from-memory-stick/

flash linux making key after downloading images: http://flashlinux.org.uk/make

You will need to use rsync to copy a mirror to one computer and install from there
or
make a nfs server as the install media.

Corrupt data? Torrent download? If yes and still corrupt, try tao or sao for writing. If no, then download the md5 sum and compare it as the program reads the image.
Double check the md5 sum and do a verify. Because of such, I use cd-rw media for safe burning.
Qemu and virtual box are two programs that can also test image integrity.


Another method is to buy a book with the media included.

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This PC is a "second",
by Dango517 Apr 10, 2008 1:20AM PDT

Celeron, 1.1 GHZ, era, HP 7915 with "no" USB boot option. I guess the USB/Ubuntu installation is out for now. Just got it up and running in the last few days (3). I know very little about this PC. If the device manager was clearer using Ubuntu I might know more. Is there a alternate device manager available for it? It more then likely needs drivers and a BIOs update. The BIOs update might provide a USB boot option. What's happening with the installation, is it's hanging at 54% and crashing. This is most likely a hardware issue and would install if it were running better. Yet, I've done a Ubuntu CD disk check on it and it fails.

Since I have an OS now. I think I should work on bringing the PC up too speed before getting the OS permanently installed. A few days/weeks with the OS might not be a bad idea either. I'm a fast learner but not that fast. Grin

BTW, it did not have 256 MB of RAM. It had 128, now with two of them it has 256 MB of RAM and Ubuntu is running. Fortunately, I have able to commandeer a Net-Gear Ethernet adapter that has sped up downloads and net connectivity. There is also a slim chance that I might be able to install a Pentium III processor in it but this might not work out. I don't have enough data right now to tell if this is possible, we'll see.

Thanks for your help. I'll get back with you.

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hardware and all for your box
by welrdelr Apr 13, 2008 12:12AM PDT

Better look at the socket first to see if a different processor is compatible.
256 is plenty for a Linux distro, just cut down on unnecessary services.
Try to burn knoppix and boot with the command line of "knoppix acpi=off dma" or "knoppix noacpi dma"
boot it up and make the desktop easy with c;licking on the k, going to control center, choosing peripheral, choosing keyboard, and setting rate at 15/sec.
ok
click the terminal at the bottom of the screen.
enter "grep | dmesg boot" and there will be a list of your hardware.
A Debian net install is a choice.

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I was wondering about you.
by Dango517 Apr 13, 2008 12:50AM PDT

It worked! The Pentium III made it twice as fast. No, errors so far but it still has that hang/crash problem. If this was resolved it might work. It acts like a Power Supply problem. Looks like I'll have to move the entire contents of one PC tower to the other to gain access to a better power supply. Sad

New information........the OS is on the hard drive but something is wrong that it's not being recognized or the MBR is having a problem. Resetting the boot sequence in the BIOs does nothing. I may have the hard drive configured wrong it maybe NTFS instead of FAT. I have Acronis so it can be reconfigured.

I spent some time on it yesterday and will need to become more familiar with it before this is resolved.

The hardware information you provided may come in handy.

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If you have the time look this thread over,
by Dango517 Apr 13, 2008 12:59AM PDT
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boot record help
by welrdelr Apr 13, 2008 2:17AM PDT

Did you install GNU GRUB to the master boot record?
Here is another- and a bit difficult- solution:
You will need a primary partition to install this on and only do if you are confident.
Install freebsd first then linux.
b) install linux using only two partitions. Add freebsd. Configure X with Xorg -configure and set the modes. Enable services and boot up modules with defaults in /boot. (All of this is still in FreeBSD)
Setup your boot manager during the install or be sure to add file support for linux- emulation e2 & e3fs progs, reiser progs, xfs and whatnot- and do a manual configuration of grub. Linux boot is in /boot/grub/menu.lst

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I'm "on hold" with this one.
by Dango517 Apr 15, 2008 4:52PM PDT

I've a new computer. (Well, "new to me".) This ones not bad , not bad at all, pretty good in fact and it might be finding a new home soon. I need to get it running before I work on the Linux PC. If it isn't adopted then this one will be finding a new home in my house. Wonder how many strays I can take in before the wife throws me out? Grin Our place is starting to look like a used PC store.

This ones really very nice. It has XP professional in it and Windows Office Professional software. It also has advanced BIOs but needs some hardware up grades, especially RAM, a second slaved hard drive and maybe a CPU.

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After weeks of trying to download Ubuntu from the web
by Dango517 May 20, 2008 10:32AM PDT

I gave up and ordered a disk, it arrived today. I'm uncertain what PC I might use it on at this point. Thanks to everyone for there help.

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What's it been months?
by Dango517 Jun 17, 2008 12:41PM PDT

It's in and running finally. First impression....this might be a chore Grin Like I've said I've used it several times before installed in the drive and as the live CD. I've had at least 5 crashed that required a reboot and have had to work around numerous problems but it's working and on line. Wish me luck.

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