[YLUG] Installation problems

Gaffer. derrick_s at tesco.net
Mon May 21 18:00:22 BST 2007


On Monday 21 May 2007 14:08, Liam Wilson inscribed thus:
> Ubuntu 6.06 CD doesn't work, it just hangs when it
> gets to kernel loaded 100%. Something odd is happening
> with the cd drive. When I put a cd in in Debian the
> whole system locks up and requires a reboot. Same
> problem in slackware. All works fine in damn small
> linux though.
> Thanks
> Liam

Its is worth checking that the CD drive is working properly !  My 
experience is that when lockups happen either the CD is corrupt or 
the data being read has been corrupted in some way.

The SuSE install CD/DVD has a disk check utility that can be used to 
test the drive !

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Best Regards:
             Derrick.



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