Re: [Sheflug] Debian 3.0

[Jim Jackson <jj [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 17 Aug 2004, Imran Javeed wrote:

> Will try that memtest,
> Will let u know my results

I've had the corrupt message with a dodgy CDROM drive. Burnt a
new CD and it went fine, and the original CD works when I replaced the
CDROM drive.

>
> Cheers
> Imran
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alex Hudson <home [at] alexhudson.com>
> Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 22:59:19
> To:shef-lug [at] list.sheflug.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [Sheflug] Debian 3.0
>
> On Tue, 2004-08-17 at 21:20 +0000, Imran Javeed wrote:
> > Installed the latest version of debian on a IBM PL300 running a PII
> > 350mhz 128mb ram, 6GB HDD, on board intel nic, S3 trio on video,
> > crystal on board sound, usb.
>
> Latest version of debian - do you mean "woody", or one of the releases
> currently in testing?
>
> > Everything runs ok, I create all my partitions and modules fine, its
> > when I come to the point of installing the base system I run in to
> > trouble, at this point debian  creates /instmnt mounts it to the cdrom
> > after creating a package list and starts to install the base .deb
> > packages until it reaches one of them(these are different each time)
> > hangs then after a while claims the file is corrupt when I know for
> > definate it isn't, I've tried on another machine different spec but it
> > installs ok.
>
> Sounds like a memory problem.
>
> Two things to try - first, try running memtest86 on it. Some Debian CDs
> have this as a boot option, but I can't remember which. You can stick it
> on a floppy or something, though.
>
> Second - when you get to the lilo: prompt when trying to install, enter
> something like "linux mem=64" (it's documented on one of the boot prompt
> screens, I'm sure). If it works when you do that, it's either faulty ram
> or (more possibly) a very strange on-board video setup (I'm thinking
> shared video ram that Linux isn't detecting or something).
>
> Cheers,
>
> Alex.
>
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