[ale] regarding install problems of late posted to the list

[Geoffrey]

Wanted to note that I've had similar problems other folks have reported 
regarding problems with installs of various distros.  I've got a couple 
of older cdrom drives laying around that I use to install on machines 
that won't have a drive in them.  They are old 2x, 4x, 8x to be exact. 
now here's the deal.  I did two installs yesterday with a 22x drive. 
All went fine.  I did a 3rd install with that drive and received an 
non-descript error (something like 'error during install, ok').  I tried 
a couple of variations of the install.  Swapped the drive out for a 4x. 
  This time I received an error in the gui of SuSE 8.1, where it 
normally lists the default software install, it said it couldn't locate 
any packages.   I then replaced the 4x with the 8x drive.  The install 
went with out a burp.  Wierd.

My point is, cdrom drives are picky at times.  Particularily if you're 
using something you've burned.   I know that older drives won't even 
read cdrw's at all.

So, for those of you who have had recent problems, try a different 
drive, or at least pick up the cheap drive cleaner and give it a spin 
(LPAW).  The one I bought works for cdrom and dvd drives.  It has a 
little brush actually mounted on the disk.  I've not had any problems 
when I've used it.

Good luck folks.

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Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net

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