[Wolves] Problems with Geubuntu LiveCD

Kris Douglas webbox.uk at gmail.com
Sat Jan 19 10:12:34 GMT 2008


On 18/01/2008, Jamie Taylor <j.taylor.1990 at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> Dave Morley wrote:
> > On Fri, 2008-01-18 at 20:33 +0000, Jamie Taylor wrote:
> >
> >> I'm having a couple of problems with a Geubuntu 7.10 LiveCD i recently
> burned.
> >> Boots fine, then i pres "Install or start Ubuntu", it loads the kernel,
> then a message says this is not an 8139C+ compatible chip
> >> Then, it says "They using the 8139too" driver instead, and then i get 4
> or 5 Buffer I/O errors, fd0 on logical block 0
> >>
> >> I'm not a linux master by far (barely even apprentice, if you will), so
> i'd like to know what is going on there?
> >>
> >> I MD5'd the iso, all clear, made sure to burn it at a low speed (i got
> the same error with the same image earlier, burning at higher speed.. oh
> well, new coaster anyone?), so i can't see it being any problem with the
> disc.
> >> But when i check the CD for defects, a few pop up, including the MD5?
> What's going on there as well?
> >>
> >> By the way.. Hi. New here, should be nice to talk to you all about
> Linux And Wolverhampton.. not the most likely combination of words in a
> sentence, i'm sure.
> >>
> >> -Jamie
> >>
> >>
> > Jamie first off welcome to the list :)
> >
> Thanks. Looking forward to speaking to you all.
> > Second this isn't an official *buntu project. Where did you download the
> > image from looking at the site for it you have to download from them
> > alone.  The md5sum checker built into the cd may of been borrowed from
> > Ubuntu in which case the md5sum may not of been updated.  Have you
> > simply tried running the cd?
> >
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> Well i downloaded it from the Geubuntu site, off one of thier official
> mirrors, so there should be no problem there. Running the CD in windows
> is fine, pops up with the K-Meleon browser. I'll let it run past the
> Buffer I/O Errors anyway, i'm just curious as to what's happening.
> Although your explanation as to the md5sum probelm seems fitting.
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I have noticed that on occasion I have experienced this problem, and it was
to do with the hardware... fd0 is the floppy disk..

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