Fred01 Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 (edited) I'm running 2009.1 - no problems ever -- however don't the auto installer that invites you to install an upgrade to 2010.0 so decided to download a full .iso package to install from boot. now I'm 2 dvd's further and still no go -- DVD's must be ok as they do install on someone else's pc. However when I put the dvd in my pc it starts booting from the disk; - the Mandriva blue screen comes up, starts loading - detecting usb devices - loading into memory...... and than....... Error Fatal error finshing initialisation Than you've to abort the process. - with alt-F3 you can see the log; =================================================================================== To add the whole story what happens after I start the pc with the installation DVD: Mounting /dev/sr0 on tmp/media as type iso 9660 have to insmod isofs needs t /lib/modules/2.6.31.5-desktop 586-1mnb/isofs.ko.gz succeeded isofs trying /tmp/media/i586 assuming media /i586 is a mirror tree found a manidriva linux cdrom, good news! Total Memory: 512 Mbytes mount_compressed_may_preload: /tmp/image/install/ stage2 //mdkinst.sqfs into /tmp/stage2 (preload - 1) opening /proc/splash failed short write (Bad address) third party: usimg modules location /tmp/image fopen (stage1.c:355) failed: no such file or directory unsetting automatic exeting bootsplash opening /proc/splash failed ======================================================== end of story. <seems to be unable to load /update 2009.1 to 2010.0 from DVD, also not able to auto-upload 2010 through autoloader. When I remove lines from the hidden file .MdkOnline the autoloader on next start up asks if I want to upgrade, but also requires a login id (email) and passord -- to allow the upgrade from 2009.1 to 2010.0 to start......... Any solutions / suggestions ? Thanks, Edited November 8, 2009 by Fred01 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred01 Posted November 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 (edited) Forgot to mention that the pc is running dual-boot<; Mandriva 2009.1 & Windows XP Both Mandriva & XP are running fine. Have performed sev. times a chkdsk /r and chkdsk /f on XP but indicate no issues -- so can't imagine why when trying to upgrade Mandriva through the boot DVD this now should cause an issue with the error msgs as per above. Any one ? Cheers Fred Edited November 8, 2009 by Fred01 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverSurfer60 Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 It may be the upgrading method that doesn't go too well. 2009.1 has quite a lot of kde3 support whilst 2010.0 has none. Is it possible for you to do a new install of your 2010? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred01 Posted November 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 SilverSurfer, All, Sorry for late reply // have been entirely away from my email. FYI - I'm running GNOME not KDE; Well the problem is that I can't do either an upgrade or even a full install from a DVD, as when I boot from the DVD, the whole story as I wrote earlier starts to take place, with as result at the end: found a manidriva linux cdrom, good news! Total Memory: 512 Mbytes mount_compressed_may_preload: /tmp/image/install/ stage2 //mdkinst.sqfs into /tmp/stage2 (preload - 1) opening /proc/splash failed short write (Bad address) third party: using modules location /tmp/image fopen (stage1.c:355) failed: no such file or directory unsetting automatic exeting bootsplash opening /proc/splash failed ------------------------------ So, as you may see, I can't do either upgrade and/or total install. I've been trying to understand the (error) messages, but can\t exactly figure out what might be wrong, as the upgrade at the time from 2009.0 into 2002.1 worked fine, like all others before that. ------------------ Any one any suggestions / solutions ? Thanks RGDS Fred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K Bergen Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 I would suspect a bad download. Did you check the md5sum of the ISO? Just because it works on other PCs doesn't mean the ISO is not corrupt as all it would take is one tiny mistake in a driver needed for your hardware but not needed on the other PCs. Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred01 Posted November 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2009 Sorry Ken for late reply / seems to be working more these days than other things. Maybe silly, but just how would do the md5sum check of the ISO ? Basically what I've done is just clicked the file to download and when done the download tool mentioned download to be ok ? Thanks Fred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K Bergen Posted November 12, 2009 Report Share Posted November 12, 2009 Fred, go to the same place you downloaded the ISO from, there you will find another file with the same name as your ISO plus a .md5 extention. Download that file and put it the same place as your ISO. Then open a console and cd to that folder, use ls to make sure your in the right folder and can see both files. Then md5sum -c *.md5 After a few minutes it will tell you if the ISO is good or not. Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred01 Posted November 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 Thanks Ken, Have to go to Dubai for work tomorrow, but when back will give it a try, Cheers Fred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred01 Posted November 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 Ok have done so / used md5sum check-- result hereunder. Looks like ISO file downloaded is not good ? file came from ftp://ftp.surfnet.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr [francien@bell1 Downloads]$ md5sum -c *.md5 md5sum: mandriva-linux-free-2010.0-i586.iso: No such file or directory mandriva-linux-free-2010.0-i586.iso: FAILED open or read md5sum: WARNING: 1 of 1 listed file could not be read [francien@bell1 Downloads]$ Any sugestion of a better and fast side ? Cheers, Fred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieJohn Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 Just download it again and this time burn it at the SLOWEST speed possible. Most disc corruptions have been blamed on fast burning of discs. Even when I am burning simply data discs with music and Photos, I use the slowest speed possible. I don't believe this notion that everything has to be done as quickly as possible. Cheers. John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
payasam Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 Eminently sensible, John. How are you, young friend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieJohn Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 Hello Payasam. Thanks , it is nice to see you are still around as well. I am pleased to say I am hale, hearty and healthy still. I am just under 3 weeks away from my visit to Maine , USA for 2 months to visit dear friends. I am greatly looking forward to it. :D I trust you have been OK as well. Cheers to you and your family. John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K Bergen Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 Ok have done so / used md5sum check-- result hereunder. Your md5 and ISO files don't match or are not in the same directory. Please post the output of ls from your Downloads directory. Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest torii Posted November 18, 2009 Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 I had a similar problem. Burning on a DVD-R instead of a DVD+R did the trick, even though my computer is supposed to read and burn both... Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred01 Posted November 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 Could well be -- have indeed twice used DVD+R and both times also performed the MD5sum check Ken mentioned earlier --with as outcome that ISO couldn't be read// seems thus indeed a difference between using -R versus +R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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