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brianread · Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 8:28 pm Post subject: Xandros install

I am trying to install xandros (the free edition) onto a Pc that I have previously installed Suse 9.3 (and 9.2) sucessfully.

The CD boots fine, and gets to the point where it is "reading CD-ROM data", and it hangs.

I ran it under "custom" and the error message clearly fingers the CD-ROM reading (CMD timeout, etc), however as previous installations have worked fine, I can't see why this one should fail.

I have also tried burning another CD, and it still fails.

I have disabled ACPI in the bios, but it still didn't work.

The CD is on the slave port of the primary IDE bus, and is seen properly by the bios.

Any ideas?
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Rhakios · Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 10:30 pm Post subject: RE: Xandros install

Try burning the disc at a slower speed, or trying different (better) media.
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brianread · Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 6:23 am Post subject: RE: Xandros install

Guest · Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 5:27 pm Post subject: RE: Xandros install

Did you check the MD5 of that disk?

Rhakios · Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 7:46 pm Post subject: RE: Xandros install

I notice they provide a checksum for the downloaded zip file, so that's okay, but what do you do if it doesn't extract properly? Oh well.
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Guest · Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 2:43 pm Post subject: RE: Xandros install

Ok, I re-downloaded the zip file and checked its checksum. Then re-burned a CD, and it still failed the install

I had also tried the previous CD on another system, and it also failed in the same way. the only (obvious) overlap between the 2 systems are that they are both AMd processors (but the not the same AMD - one is a 900Mhz, the other 1.8Ghz (i think)).

brianread · Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 2:46 pm Post subject: RE: Xandros install

Sorry for the last post - I had forgot to login - but it was me though!
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Rhakios · Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 8:13 pm Post subject: RE: Xandros install

I have only tried the basic paid for version, which was on an AMD system, that was fine. It would be a bit odd if it didn't work on AMD processors.

Edit: I've just had a look on the Xandros forums (eventually, talk about slow) and it seems you're not the only person having this problem with the OCE version, however there are no clear solutions offered in the threads I have read.
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nelz · Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 10:23 pm Post subject: Re: RE: Xandros install

Rhakios · Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 12:02 am Post subject: RE: Re: RE: Xandros install

I did consider making a similar comment myself, however judging discretion to be the better part, etc. etc..
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nelz · Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 12:56 am Post subject: Re: RE: Re: RE: Xandros install

brianread · Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 5:54 am Post subject: Re: RE: Xandros install

[quote="Rhakios"Edit: I've just had a look on the Xandros forums (eventually, talk about slow) and it seems you're not the only person having this problem with the OCE version, however there are no clear solutions offered in the threads I have read.[/quote]

Yes I've looked there as well - I am going to post a question there, as my situation is slightly different (although similar)
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Guest · Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 2:47 pm Post subject: RE: Re: RE: Xandros install

Going FROM SuSE 9.3 TO Xandros 3... surely not!

brianread · Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 4:27 pm Post subject: Re: RE: Re: RE: Xandros install

Rhakios · Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 7:35 pm Post subject: Re: RE: Re: RE: Xandros install