[CLUE-Tech] new install

[Chris K. Chew]

It might also be a bad download.

Download the md5 program, and then the checksum file from the directory
where you downloaded the mandrake ISO (if you downloaded it, that is).
Running md5 against the .iso file will tell you if the downloaded file is
complete and intact or messed up, which may cause problems similar to what
you are experiencing.

I once had a bad download during my first slackware install attempt, causing
the same error you are receiving, and blamed it on all kinds of things
before I learned about the md5 checksums and found that I had an incomplete
download.  A fresh download (from a 56k modem!) solved the problem.

You can find the md5 program in the gnu textutils package:

http://www.gnu.org/software/textutils/

or a windows executable at:

http://www.fourmilab.ch/md5/

Good luck!

Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: clue-tech-admin at clue.denver.co.us
[mailto:clue-tech-admin at clue.denver.co.us]On Behalf Of Ed Hill
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 6:10 PM
To: CLUE TECH
Subject: Re: [CLUE-Tech] new install


On Tue, 2002-01-29 at 14:45, John Muzljakovich wrote:
>
>     "loading cdrom.rdz...
>      loading vmlinuz.....
>      using vga16 mode
>      uncompressing linux...
>
>      invalid compressed format (err=2)
>
>     -- system halted"


Sounds like a bad CDR.  Did you burn it yourself?  If so, try
downloading and burning another copy.

If the CD is ok, can you swap in a different CD drive?

hth,
Ed


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