Gnome 2.10 liveCD 600E(X) loading problems

[John Levin]

On 13 Mar 2005, at 06:59, cajan wrote:

>
> The installation disk fails on two thinkpads (600E and 600x) yet it
> installs on two different desktops (Celeron and AMD).
> In both the installation fails at the step "Load Installer components
> from CD"
> The CD_Rom integrity test fails with the notification
> "./dists/hoary/main/debian-installer/binary-i386/Packages file failed
> the MD5 checksum verification. Your cd-rom or this file may have been
> corrupted"
> MD5sums on the download and the /binary-i386/Packages file check OK.
> If a package file was corrupted would it not have shown in the total
> Package Md5sum check?
> If the CD-ROM was corrupted would it still load and install on the two
> desktops?
>
> Have tried a lot of the special boot parameters but none help.
>
> Any ideas please?
> Am impressed with 2.10 and the disk in general.
>

I had this problem with array 6; solved by downloading hoary preview. 
Don't know what the Gnome 2.10 live disk is based on; I'd try ubuntu  
proper.

John