Re: Anyone else have CheapBytes CD trouble?
Eric == me (Eric Hanchrow [EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes: Eric I just received my Debian 2.2 CDs from Cheapbytes -- 3 binary Eric CD-ROMS. I could not boot off the first one (the installation program Eric complained that it couldn't mount the rescue image). I whined at CheapBytes, and they sent me new CDs, no charge. They also threw in two other CDs, with games and applications and stuff. Makes me happy! -- PGP Fingerprint: 3E7B A3F3 96CA 8958 ACC5 C8BD 6337 0041 C01C 5276
RE: Anyone else have CheapBytes CD trouble?
On 25-Aug-2000 Eric Hanchrow wrote: I just received my Debian 2.2 CDs from Cheapbytes -- 3 binary CD-ROMS. I could not boot off the first one (the installation program complained that it couldn't mount the rescue image). I have had this type of problem with CD's from Cheapbytes, so I am buying my Potato CD's from some other place. -- Andrew
Re: Anyone else have CheapBytes CD trouble?
Yes, i had a similar problem over a year ago with Slink(2.1) i got a 2 cd set and not only did they only send me 1 cd out of the 2, the 1 cd they sent was useless, it was FULL of curropted archives. cheapbytes is cheap shit, they will never get my business again(they never returned calls or emails about my stuff), i suggest using www.linuxmall.com if you want cheap linux cds(i haven't had any problems with them yet) also i'd avoid CDRd cds as well as they are sometimes difficult to read in normal cdroms, getting the real pressed cds can take several weeks from release but it is worth the wait. nate Eric Hanchrow wrote: I just received my Debian 2.2 CDs from Cheapbytes -- 3 binary CD-ROMS. I could not boot off the first one (the installation program complained that it couldn't mount the rescue image). I decided to run `md5sum' on each file on the CD-ROM, and compare its output with the file /cdrom/md5sum.txt. I was surprised to find that they differed. Here's how I did it: (cd /cdrom; find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 md5sum) Here's one file whose sum isn't what the md5sum file says it should be (there are many other such files): 7eea9e34469920cf5b3de06e527186bb ./dists/potato/main/disks-i386/2.2.16-2000-07-14/images-1.44/rescue.bin dc8e866f3a26cfa8a38f15d328519c92 ./dists/potato/main/disks-i386/2.2.16-2000-07-14/images-1.44/rescue.bin Some of the files seem to be random data; one file whose name ends in `.tgz' is actually text. Has anyone else had this problem? -- PGP Fingerprint: 3E7B A3F3 96CA 8958 ACC5 C8BD 6337 0041 C01C 5276 -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- ::: ICQ: 75132336 http://www.aphroland.org/ http://www.linuxpowered.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Anyone else have CheapBytes CD trouble?
On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 09:01:27PM -0700, Nate Amsden wrote: cheapbytes is cheap shit Let me plug my favorite vendor of Debian CD's, Linux System Labs: http://www.lsl.com They have CDR's now of 2.2. In the past I have never had a problem with their stuff, CDR or CD, and that's going back to bo or hamm (which was first? - I forget!) They answer the phone too. -- Bob Bernstein at OpenBSD *** 2.7 *** Esmond, R.I., USA
Re: Anyone else have CheapBytes CD trouble?
Bob Bernstein ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 09:01:27PM -0700, Nate Amsden wrote: cheapbytes is cheap shit Let me plug my favorite vendor of Debian CD's, Linux System Labs: http://www.lsl.com They have CDR's now of 2.2. In the past I have never had a problem with their stuff, CDR or CD, and that's going back to bo or hamm (which was first? - I forget!) I had a opposite reaction to lsl. Back when ham was stable and slink was just about ready, I ordered the full ham set (2 CD's I think) and 4 slink CD's (for Alpha and i386). What they sent was: 4 corrupt CDR's of slink and instead of ham CD's I got 2 more blank slink CDR's... I emailed them and about 2 months later they sent me 8 working slink CD's - 4 i386 binary CD's, 2 contrib CDR's, and 2 source CD's. I never got the Alpha or ham CD's. I started using cheapbytes after that and haven't had any problems (yet). As someone else pointed out: it is best to wait until you can get real CD's instead of CDR's. JMHO YMMV, Ron -- Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Home: http://www.farrer.net/~rbf/ ICQ: pulsar 26276320 Debian GNU/HURD on Alpha: http://hurd-alpha.sourceforge.net/ pgpHdnJ9WofNb.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Anyone else have CheapBytes CD trouble?
Yes, I apparently have the same problem. I bought Debian 2.2 CD-Rs from Cheapbytes and Setup complains about missing rescue floppies. blah... I guess that's $$ down the drain. chris - Original Message - From: Eric Hanchrow [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org; debian-boot@lists.debian.org Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 8:53 PM Subject: Anyone else have CheapBytes CD trouble? I just received my Debian 2.2 CDs from Cheapbytes -- 3 binary CD-ROMS. I could not boot off the first one (the installation program complained that it couldn't mount the rescue image). I decided to run `md5sum' on each file on the CD-ROM, and compare its output with the file /cdrom/md5sum.txt. I was surprised to find that they differed. Here's how I did it: (cd /cdrom; find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 md5sum) Here's one file whose sum isn't what the md5sum file says it should be (there are many other such files): 7eea9e34469920cf5b3de06e527186bb ./dists/potato/main/disks-i386/2.2.16-2000-07-14/images-1.44/rescue.bin dc8e866f3a26cfa8a38f15d328519c92 ./dists/potato/main/disks-i386/2.2.16-2000-07-14/images-1.44/rescue.bin Some of the files seem to be random data; one file whose name ends in `.tgz' is actually text. Has anyone else had this problem? -- PGP Fingerprint: 3E7B A3F3 96CA 8958 ACC5 C8BD 6337 0041 C01C 5276
Re: Anyone else have CheapBytes CD trouble?
I just received my Debian 2.2 CDs from Cheapbytes I decided to run `md5sum' on each file on the CD-ROM, and compare its output with the file /cdrom/md5sum.txt. I was surprised to find that they differed. (there are many other such files): I'm really not surprised. I had CheapBytes RH and had all sorts of problems with the CDs. It was these problems that convinced me that I needed to get some new Linux CDs, from there it was a small matter to decide to move everything to Debian (rather than just have it on my laptop). CheapBytes have guaranteed no repeat business from this quarter. Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
Anyone else have CheapBytes CD trouble?
I just received my Debian 2.2 CDs from Cheapbytes -- 3 binary CD-ROMS. I could not boot off the first one (the installation program complained that it couldn't mount the rescue image). I decided to run `md5sum' on each file on the CD-ROM, and compare its output with the file /cdrom/md5sum.txt. I was surprised to find that they differed. Here's how I did it: (cd /cdrom; find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 md5sum) Here's one file whose sum isn't what the md5sum file says it should be (there are many other such files): 7eea9e34469920cf5b3de06e527186bb ./dists/potato/main/disks-i386/2.2.16-2000-07-14/images-1.44/rescue.bin dc8e866f3a26cfa8a38f15d328519c92 ./dists/potato/main/disks-i386/2.2.16-2000-07-14/images-1.44/rescue.bin Some of the files seem to be random data; one file whose name ends in `.tgz' is actually text. Has anyone else had this problem? -- PGP Fingerprint: 3E7B A3F3 96CA 8958 ACC5 C8BD 6337 0041 C01C 5276
