Re: [expert] What is going on?

[Alan Shoemaker]

Alan Shoemaker wrote:
[snip]
> 
> Finally I attempted an Air (7.0) install on my wife's machine
> over her Venus (6.0) installation.  It failed at the point of
> initializing the cdrom.  I made a boot disc to use the text
> install and it failed too, at initializing the cdrom.  I then
> installed Helios (6.1) on that machine (to see if it would have
> any problems) without a hitch.
> 
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This is an update on the above problem.  I've successfully
installed Air (7.0) on the above machine by swapping out the
cdrom drive for another.  After the drive change the
installation went flawlessly.  I guess that the drive was not
reading the cd very well and at a certain point the read
problems would crash the install.  I've seen this behavior
before, but still don't understand why it doesn't generate an
error message?

Alan