Hi Bob, does the iso that you are using pass the md5?
If you're using the https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu#Download Lubuntu then I can ask as to how the iso burns to a usb with checking the md5. Regards, Phill. On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 2:49 AM, Bob Trevithick <[email protected]>wrote: > Okay, I'll try to wrap my head around the whole problem and see if I > can write it up coherently.. after a bit of sleep. :) > > In the meantime, with the USB install, I have the same issues I noted > in my opening post.. and looking at the USB stick I notice that the > boot.cat file still has the wrong md5sum (if that's relevant.) So, my > initial post still stands if any of those things are of interest at > the moment. > > Tomorrow I'll see precisely what it takes to overcome the dim display > problem. And I have to sort out wireless and a few other things. Let > me know, please, what would be most useful to you folks at this stage. > > Night, > Bob > > On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 9:33 PM, Phillip Whiteside <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi Bob, > > If the CD is not burned at 4X speed, it can cause horrors. In 9.10 I > could > > burn at that rate, in 10.04 I cannot. As a part of these 'funnies' that > > happen, one of the tech guys told me that he could not burn at 4X in 9.10 > > but can do in 10.04 ..... > > I have learned to 'cheat' and use CD-RW's or DVD-RW's which keeps the > burn > > speed down. > > > > Oh, and I've used brassero etc., it seems to be a kernel issue but one > that > > is really hard to nail down. > > Regards, > > Phill. > > On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 2:13 AM, Bob Trevithick <[email protected] > > > > wrote: > >> > >> Sure, I can write up a version for Maverick, as soon as I understand > >> what's actually happening with the whole process. I mean, I took > >> Andy's advice and made a bootable USB stick instead (much faster than > >> the CD.. glad I learned about that) but I still don't know why the CD > >> burn process is causing errors, etc. > >> > >> On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 8:27 PM, Phillip Whiteside <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > Those instructions are solely for the 10.04 disk, if you are using a > >> > different installation method then the check sum will be different. > >> > If you pop over to the > >> > thread http://forum.phillw.net/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=94 that gives the > >> > 10.04 > >> > release, I would need to update it for the release levels for the > >> > alphas, or > >> > I could give you the instructions as to how to write them :p > >> > Possibly the md5 | cdrom command may be easier for people, as it only > >> > requires the md5 sum to check against. > >> > Regards, > >> > Phill. > >> > > >> > On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 12:56 AM, Bob Trevithick > >> > <[email protected]> > >> > wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Ah, well, hmm. I don't get the correct md5sum according to this > >> >> method either, Phill. > >> >> > >> >> b...@ub32:~$ dd if=/dev/cdrom bs=2048 count=266741 | md5sum > >> >> 0e9fac900c8288b243e875d9b1b65479 - > >> >> 266741+0 records in > >> >> 266741+0 records out > >> >> 546285568 bytes (546 MB) copied, 112.087 s, 4.9 MB/s > >> >> > >> >> So, I tried yet another approach and burned one with Nautilus as per > >> >> the instructions. For the first time, I got an actual error during > >> >> the burn. It didn't tell me what was wrong, but at least it alerted > >> >> me to the burning error. > >> >> > >> >> Okay, I've tried to burn this on three different machines, using > three > >> >> different burning applications, and two different types of blank CDs. > >> >> Maybe I'm not cut out for this kind of work. ;-) > >> >> > >> >> I'll download the 32-bit alternate CD, do a command-line install, and > >> >> then apt-get the lubuntu-desktop package. That should give me the > >> >> same thing I'm trying to do here, right? > >> >> > >> >> Thanks! > >> >> > >> >> Regards, > >> >> Bob > >> >> > >> >> On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 7:32 PM, Phillip Whiteside <[email protected] > > > >> >> wrote: > >> >> > dd if=/dev/cdrom bs=2048 count=266741 | md5sum > >> >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ > >> >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > >> >> Post to : [email protected] > >> >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > >> >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >> > > >> > > > > > >
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