CentOS5 mediacheck failing

[Bill McGonigle]

do you know the disc is good?  The tone infers it but i'd like to hear 'I verified the md5sum on another computer'.


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-----Original Message-----
From: Ted Roche <tedroche at tedroche.com>
Date: Sunday, Jul 15, 2007 2:18 pm
Subject: CentOS5 mediacheck failing
To: Greater NH Linux User Group <gnhlug-discuss at mail.gnhlug.org>Reply-To: tedroche at tedroche.com

Trying to install CentOS5 from CD on a new server, Dell SC430, Pentium-D
2.8 GHz, 1 Gb RAM, 2-250 Gb SATA drives. I had previously installed FC7 from the LiveCD and run it though some basic functionality tests, SMART drive long tests, etc. Everything appeared to work fine.

Booting the CentOS5 CD #1 (no DVD drive), I ran the mediacheck, since I hadn't tried this set of disks before. Test zipped right through 1%, 2,
3, 4,... until about 91% then it got really slow. The CD would stop
spinning, and just start fitfully every minute or two, and finally
report FAILED. Testing on two other machines, the same CD reported PASS.
 Same problem with CD2, fail on this machine, worked on two others.

A similar thread running on BLU suggests the newest Knoppix use the new libata drive and might have trouble with 'legacy' ATAPI drives.

I've read the CentOS release notes and attempted to Google for clues. There's nothing in the installation logs to indicate an error condition.

Can anyone suggest what to look at next?

-- 
Ted Roche
Ted Roche & Associates, LLC
http://www.tedroche.com
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