that hdc message looks like a drive problem. Try validating the cd (I think the ubuntu installer cds have md5's of all the files they contain; the gNS install CD may also).
Next, check hardware. Check for a faulty IDE Cable (check the cable, always check the cable), a bad CD-ROM drive (try swapping it out) or a buggy IDE controller (uhh...) If all else fails, run Memtest on the thing overnight and see what you get. Don't test just for a few minutes; I'd like to see times measured in hours. You may see memory errors very quickly, usually a stuck bit or something. Pull and reseat the memory to fix those generally. On 8/23/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Send gNewSense-users mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of gNewSense-users digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Installation problems (Ed Iglehart) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:50:05 +0100 > From: Ed Iglehart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [gNewSense-users] Installation problems > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > > Hi, > > Sent this to the forum as well, but it might do as well here: > > I've been trying to get gNewSense 1.1 running on a middle-aged desktop > and get the following errors: > > Unable to locate RDSP <solved by booting "linux acpi=off"> [nnn.nnnnnn] > hdc: ide_intr: Huh? expected NULL handler on exit > <tried typing evms_activate - no noticeable result> > <a long couple of screens containing the following> > [nnn.nnnnnn] hdc: ide_intr: Huh? expected NULL handler on exit > [nnn.nnnnnn] Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block nnnnn > [nnn.nnnnnn] SQUASHFS error: sb_bread failed reading block hhhhhh > [nnn.nnnnnn] SQUASHFS error: unable to read fragment cache block > [hhhhhhh] [nnn.nnnnnn] SQUASHFS error: unable to read page, block > hhhhhhh, size 7336 > > Eventually just sits there like the tarbaby.... > > Computer: Emachines Etower 633(Version 1.2.C-UK) > Specifications (from the manual): > • Intel Coppermine FC-PGA processor • 66/100 MHz bus speed > • The processor depends on the model of computer you purchased. Memory > Main Memory > • Two 168-pin 3.3 V DIMM sockets • Supports up to 256 MB memory > • Unbuffered Synchronous DRAM (SDRAM) Video Memory > • Use main memory (Intel Dynamic Video Memory Technology) > NOTE As your system has sharing memory architecture using the main > memory for video memory, the usable main memory size is less than real > size when the computer is running. > Main Chipset Intel FW82810 Graphics and Memory Controller Hub (GMCH) > • Processor/Host bus support > • Integrated DRAM controller > • Integrated graphics/AC97 controller > • 3D graphics visual enhancements > • 2D graphics > • Arithmetic stretch blitter video > • Power management functions Intel FW82801AA I/O Controller Hub (ICH) > • PCI bus interface > • Integrated IDE controller > • USB and DMA controller > • Supports ISA bus via external PCI-ISA bridge > • Firmware Hub (FWH) interface > • Power management logic > • Real-time clock I/O Controller ITE IT8702F Super I/O Controller > • Floppy drive interface > • One multimode parallel port > • FIFO serial port > • Keyboard and mouse controller > > Anyone got any ideas? I don't mind losing Windows Millennium Edition, in > fact that';s one of the main reasons for wanting Linux, but I would like > to dual-boot for a wee while if possible. > > Thanks in advance ed iglehart > > P.S. Got 1.1 running fine on the laptop with dual-boot and shared > partition for Firefox and Thunderbird, so can do web or email from > either system. Followed advice from here: > The Ultimate Linux/Windows System | Linux Journal > <http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8761> > if interested. > > -- > Peter's Law of Substitution: > Look after the molehills, and the mountains will look after > themselves. > > Of a truth, Knowledge is power, but it is a power reined by scruple, having a > conscience of what must be and what may be. > - George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) > > North Glen is at 54 53 13.00N 03 49 50.59W > > "Accepting a cheap airfare is like having a 'free go' in a gang rape of your > mother." > Enjoy your holiday! > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > gNewSense-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users > > > End of gNewSense-users Digest, Vol 11, Issue 20 > *********************************************** >
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