Subject: Re: Can't install NetBSD 3.0 or 3.0.1 on my hard disk
To: Frank Petitjean <smalljim95@yahoo.fr>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 07/29/2006 22:30:45
On Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 02:57:49PM +0000, Frank Petitjean wrote:
> Manuel Bouyer <bouyer <at> antioche.eu.org> writes:
> 
> > 
> > Are you sure your CD is properly burned ? Did you try to read the files in
> > there from another OS or another box ?
> > 
> 
> I burned the ISO image on various CD and burning software, with always the same 
> result.
> I also have the same kind of problem with desktop BSD.
> 
> I can copy the file GERERIC_kernel.tgz from the CD to my hardisk on Linux.
> I can open it with the KDE untar software.

What about trying a copy of all files (maybe with tar: tar cf /dev/null /cdrom)
> 
> I have a DVD-ROM Pioneer DVR-109. 
> 
> May be there is a problem with the format used with BSDs or with the untar 
> sofware ?

No, I don't think so. The drive is really saying it can't get the data.
I don't think it can be a driver problem.


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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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