2.02 CD won't boot (Solved by burning new CD)

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jcoria
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2.02 CD won't boot (Solved by burning new CD)

#1 Post by jcoria »

Hi everyone. I have been growing more and more tiresome of xp and wanted to try a new OS. At first, I looked heavily into trying out Xubuntu but now I am really getting stoked on Puppy. Yesterday, I finally downloaded Puppy 2.02 and burned the image to disk. I was excited to pop it in and finally give it a whirl but I ran into problems for the start. When it gets to "Copying pup_202.sfs to ramdisk" it starts giving me multiple "hdc:media error messages" and "Buffer I/O error on device hdc: logical block" and some number. I let this go on before a few minutes before stopping. I have been searching around the internet for other people with similar problems but havent had any luck. Im starting to think its just a hardware problem. Any insight would be immensely appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Oh yes my computer is a HP Pavilion ze5170
512 MB RAM
A 2 Ghz P4 processor
A 40 GB HD (TOSHIBA MK4021GAS)
CD-RW/DVD combo drive (QSI CDRW/DVD SBW-241)
No partitions, so I guess just the stock NTFS harddrive
And I was trying out Puppy 2.02.
Again thanks!

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#2 Post by Flash »

There's nothing about your hardware that stands out as a possible explanation, and the fact that the CD booted as far as it did indicates you burned it as a bootable CD. It really looks like you got a coaster. Try burning it again, with a freshly downloaded iso if that's convenient, and use a CD-RW if you have one. That way you can experiment without wasting precious plastic. :lol:
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#3 Post by raffy »

Looks like your CD drive - see if the CD runs well in another PC. Or check the md5sum of the downloaded ISO. If the CD is OK, it must be your CD drive.
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jcoria
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Thanks!

#4 Post by jcoria »

Wow, I feel silly. I tried out the disc on a friends computer and had the same issues. I redownloaded it and burned it at a slower speed and sure enough, I had it running in minutes! Now the real fun begins! First task.. figure out if I can get it online with my wireless card. Thanks a lot!

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