diagnosing possible hardware problem

[Stephen Brown Jr]

I'll second that, I had a problem just a few days ago and it ended up being
a bad CD-R. I downloaded a new image and burned a new disc and the problems
went away. May or may not help, wouldn't hurt to try if you can.......



On 10/13/06, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 13/10/06, Felix Miata <mrmazda at ij.net> wrote:
> > I've been having all kinds of strange problems installing and using
> ubuntu
> > and its various desktop flavors on 3 i440BX systems for over a week and
> a
> > half. Most of the problems seem to be connected to one of the 3 HDs I've
> > used, even though I've run the Seatools diagnostic program on it, which
> > claims there is no problem with the device. A new 80 pin cable changed
> > nothing. I've also run memtest86+ for over 8 hours without errors. The
> > various errors include, but are not limited to:
> >
> > installer packaging errors
> > installer can't find kernel to install
> > apt-get/dpkg errors (e.g. tarfile corruption)
> > file not found errors
> > CRC errors
> >
> > I was not able to get a working installation without using the
> installation
> > kernel parameters acpi=off and ide=nodma. I haven't been able to find
> any
> > clues in /var/log anywhere, but I tend to think most of the errors are
> (old)
> > hardware compatibility issues with their main root in the Seagate HD.
> >
> > Right now I have the Xubuntu desktop running, and booted on acpi=off and
> > noapic kernel parameters. Is there something already installed or that I
> can
> > apt-get that will rigorously test the hardware and report any errors it
> > finds? Is there one particular situation that results in CRC errors?
> >
> > TIA
> > --
> > "The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him,
> > and I am helped."                               Psalm 28:7 NIV
> >
> >  Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409
> >
> > Felix Miata  ***  http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/
> >
>
> Felix, did you verify your installation media?
>
> Dotan Cohen
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