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[stevef]

I tried creating the 6 installation ISOs from the cover disk but 3 of them have errors thrown up by the winmkiso script. Before I make 6 coasters and waste a lot of time, can anyone tell me if these errors are significant or whether I can just plough on?

[nelz]

Providing all the files were named debian-blah.iso, and not debian-blah.iso.tmp, you should be OK, but it is impossible to say for certain without knowing what the errors were.

Creating a double-sided disc took so much of my time that I had to skip my mind-reading lessons that month

[stevef]

Sadly, 3 of them were .iso.tmp. I forgot to record the errors and it takes 10 hrs+ to run so I'll post them tomorrow

Steve

[nelz]

I've just tested it here, and it works without errors. It sounds like your computer may be having problems reading the disc. Can you try it in another computer?
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[stevef]

I'll try that. Just in case, the errors that I got are here:

D:\Distros\Debian>winmkiso c:\debian > c:\debian\logfile.txt
Found 1831 of the 1831 files required by the template
Successfully created `c:\debian\debian-31r0-i386-binary-1.iso'
Found 440 of the 440 files required by the template
Successfully created `c:\debian\debian-31r0-i386-binary-2.iso'
Found 1019 of the 1019 files required by the template
Error: `\pool\main\z\zvbi\libzvbi0_0.2.15-1_i386.deb' does not match checksum in
template data
Error: `\pool\main\z\zvbi\libzvbi-common_0.2.15-1_all.deb' does not match checks
um in template data
Found 1308 of the 1310 files required by the template
Copied input files to temporary file `c:\debian\debian-31r0-i386-binary-4.iso.tm
p' - repeat command and supply more files to continue
Found 895 of the 896 files required by the template
Copied input files to temporary file `c:\debian\debian-31r0-i386-binary-5.iso.tm
p' - repeat command and supply more files to continue
Found 1045 of the 1045 files required by the template
Successfully created `c:\debian\debian-31r0-i386-binary-6.iso'
D:\Distros\Debian>

[nelz]

It sounds like a read error on the disc, but I'd check it on another computer if possible before spending time getting a replacement.
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[stevef]

Yes, the disk is defective. It's giving a different set of errors on another PC. I'll mail support for a replacement.

Steve