Fedora 8 iso image corrupted ?

Ric Moore wayward4now at gmail.com
Sun Feb 17 07:38:24 UTC 2008


On Sat, 2008-02-16 at 19:21 +1030, Tim wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-02-15 at 09:31 -0800, Michael A. Peters wrote:
> > nothing more frustrating than having an install fail because an rpm
> > file was mis-read due to a piece of dust on the drive lens 
> 
> There's got to be more to reading errors than just that.  A speck on the
> lens or disc should be out of focus, and seen through.  Likewise for
> most light radial scratches on a disc, though tangential ones will
> always be a problem.  And a speck should get blown off by the wind from
> the spinning disc, anyway.
> 
> If you find reading discs to be touchy, I'd be more inclined to suspect
> marginal quality discs and drives, or old/wearing-out drives.

He might reduce his burn speed as well. That has been a problem in the
past. Try using half the speed the burning software would ordinarily
use. Good Luck and Good Night! Ric

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