On Saturday 10 September 2016 11:17:28 Felix Miata wrote: > Richard Owlett composed on 2016-09-10 09:50 (UTC-0500): > > Made multiple further tries installing various packages. Got > > inconsistent results. The pattern leads me to believe the drive > > is becoming flaky. I will create an ISO from the DVD for use on a > > flash drive. 50+ years of trouble shooting in diverse > > environments is educational ;/ > > Flaky SATA behavior could be a bad cable. Is your DVD drive connected > via a red cable? If so, try replacing it. > With any color but that "hot" red, that dye in the plastic is poison to the cable over time.
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2016/02/msg00321.html > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2016/02/msg00372.html > http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ide/54404 Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>