Re: Problem with install of NetBSD-6 from cd on i386 siside

["David Lord" <netbsd%lordynet.org@localhost>]

On 7 Mar 2012 at 23:25, David Lord wrote:

> On 7 Mar 2012 at 16:24, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Mar 07, 2012 at 03:14:52PM -0000, David Lord wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Hi
> > > 
> > > I've tried without success to install NetBSD-6 from CD from a
> > > downloaded iso image onto an i386 system.
> > > 
> > > The error is:
> > > cd0(siside0:1:0): Check Condition on CDB: 0x28 00 00 00 a6 0d 00
> > >                                           00 04 00
> > >     SENSE KEY: Media Error
> > >    INFO FIELD: 42509
> > >      ASC/ASCQ: No Seek Complete
> > > 
> > > I had same problem with 6.99
> > > 
> > > I have since obtained netbsd-6 src via cvs on a different system,
> > > built a release, copied sets over network and updated target pc
> > > to NetBSD-6. I am able to mount the cdrom and "tar -tzvf comp.tgz"
> > > initially gave same error as above but then completed ok. Seems
> > > the drive isn't being allowed to spin up.
> > 
> > I don't think that's the problem. A media error is really what it
> > says: the drive coudln't read some data on the drive.
> > If you've been able to mount it, then at last you can read some
> > data out of it. So it's just some parts of the media which are bad.
> 
> I've now found same errors from ubuntu so will invest 
> in a replacement drive and pack of fresh cds.
> 

I've just created my own iso image from the NetBSD-6
releas built from source. This was burned to cdrom 
using cdrecord and then copied back to hard disk 
without a single error from the suspect cdrom drive. 

I'm now suspecting that downloads of both of the two
iso images I tried were corrupted.
 
 
David