[Discuss] Re: installpkg error #2

[Tim Holloway]

actually, i did find something online in a forum that offered two
solutions: one, use a better quality cd player, like the burner
itself, and two, buy the cd set from slackware.

both sound good. and i think that's what i'd have to do. maybe i can
"borrow" my parents' burner... or perhaps, somehow, the two burners
that didn't work well at all when john gave me this machine will
suddenly start working like they did for him.

time to turn into tim the TOOL man... alright, it's early. give me a
break! i'm just trying to be light-hearted.

thanks again, everyone.

tim




On 12/7/06, Tim Holloway <timothyjholloway at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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,
> >
> >    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...
> >
> >    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.  ;-)
> >
> >    I hope this helps a bit.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Tim
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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