[Discuss] Re: installpkg error #2

[Tim Holloway]

well thanks, timothy (a fellow tim! argh!)

however... i burned the first cd at 4X... and it didn't work. i think
i have three coasters, now... actually a lot more since i burned the
set at 12X. yeehh.

i'm not sure what to do. bittorrent is reliable, right? maybe the
burner isn't that good or i need to get detailed with nero to do it
correctly. but pretty much everything else has worked off it.

and i was just starting to fall in love with slackware! first
impressions, and then... gone, just gone! oh tex! oh bash! oh dear.

well, the experience, no matter how contrary, is worthwhile. i really
love linux... but i think i'm gonna revert to ms-dos again and run
wordperfect 5.1. maybe i'll create a miniature partition for it or
something, redo the mbr so i have a boot loader option for it.

*sniff*

...or ...maybe i could pay one of you to burn me some cds and i can
show up to the next meeting with my box...

ah. you guys are too nice. i'll live without slackware. gosh: for the
name, i've certainly put in enough work just to get things started...
yeesh! stupid tarballs... i'm kidding!

cheers,

tim

ps: maybe i'll try another mirror when i've recovered from a burst ego
(HAHAHAHAHA).


On 12/7/06, Timothy Brush <monk72 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Tim,
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>    Most of the time error messages like those you mentioned results from damaged media or a bad burn.  I've seen it happen using different versions of Linux and BSD.  Peter makes an excellent point to burn the image at a slower speed.  This should resolve this type of problem and will also extend the media's life (yes, unfortunately CDs do have a life like tape).  Also, if you have a rewritable CD writer - I would recommend using a rewritable CD (allows for fewer _coasters_, especially when you start mastering your own CDs).  If you do continue to have problems, it is possible it's the CD drive but bad media is much more likely...
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>    As for inodes - unless you're using very small partitions, 1 / 4096 bytes is fine.  Inodes are address locations on a partition.  An inode may refer to a file, directory, "named" pipe, socket, and character or block devices.  A 10 GB partition (1024 * 1024 * 1024 * 10) would contain over 2.5 million inodes... you should have plenty to spare.  ;-)
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>    I hope this helps a bit.
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> Cheers,
> Tim
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