Have you tried cleaning the CD's?  I've had the same problem with dirty or scratched 
CD's.

Hock




 --- On Wed 10/09, Panos Melas  wrote:
From: Panos Melas [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 13:43:16 +0100
Subject: RE: [expert] CD-ROM read error - LM 9.0

> I had problems installing Linux from CD-ROMs in the past ...
> The problem was the CD-ROM drive (I guess hardware problem?)
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Andy Weller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: 09 October 2002 13:23
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [expert] CD-ROM read error - LM 9.0
> > 
> > 
> > Does anyone know of any CD-ROM read errors. It seems very 
> > temperamental
> > to me. I have two identical CD's with a 3rd party application on and
> > depending on what mood the PC is in, depends on whether it 
> > will read the
> > CD's or not!?!
> > 
> > It doesn't matter if I 'su' or 'su -' to root, the problems are
> still
> > there. Sometimes I get lucky and it will install nearly all of my
> > application, other times it won't do anything, and I am back to
> square
> > one...!
> > 
> > I'm really not too sure what I am doing wrong. These CD's have
> worked
> > perfectly before in 8.2, 8.1, 8.0 & 7.2. I have even tried to 
> > clean the
> > laser.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Andy
> > 
> > -- 
> > Andy Weller BSc MSc
> > Research Student in GeoComputing
> > 
> > School of Applied Sciences
> > University of Glamorgan
> > Pontypridd, CF37 1DL. UK
> > Tel. +44 (0)1443 482472
> > Mob. +44 (0)7796 953925
> > Fax: +44 (0)1443 482285
> > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > http://uk.geocities.com/geocomputing/
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
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