Certain distros not booting?

[Jim Kuzdrall]

On Friday 16 September 2005 10:09 am, Cole Tuininga wrote:
> I'm reasonably certain that both CDs are good - I used them just a
> couple days ago.

Long shot:

   I had a fan stop that I didn't notice.  The lasers in two CDROMs 
overheated leading to deteriorating output.  The behavior was similar 
to what you describe.  Some CD would read, others would not, but all 
check good on an independent system.

   Swapping the CD drive is fairly quick and it would eliminate at least 
that possibility.

Jim Kuzdrall