On Fri, 31 Mar 2000, you wrote:
>
> Thank's a lot Civileme,
>
> it really works ok now. But I don't understant why the same distribution
> works in some machines but in mine no. I have instaled "the same" cd in
> others
> and I haven't have the problem. Maybe the kfm maintainer would try to see
> it. I don't know. Otherwise you have resold a problem that have been
> breaking my mind during a lot of time.
>
I've discovered something interesting here while trying to
install from a CD I burned myself. My new machine has a 52x
cdrom, and I"m using a cd burned on an Imation blank.
Here's the problem -- the printing isn't symmetrical, thus
the CD is unbalanced at high speed and Linux can't install
off it. A different brand of CD that has just a plain white
surface spun up just fine, and would have installed just
fine if the removeable hard drive tray had been in all the
way. :-)
Something to keep in mind next time you've got a
problem installing on a high-speed CDROM. If the CD has a
lot of ink on one side and almost none on the other, it's
going to have problems. I think that's one reason some CDs
burn or install better than others. The ones with equal
ink/paint on the top of the CD work better than the ones
with asymmetrical printing.
John
