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FS#10772 - Installation of Arch fails with a CD

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Siddhardh (sidc) - Friday, 27 June 2008, 20:12 GMT
Last edited by Greg (dolby) - Friday, 27 June 2008, 20:31 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Installation
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture x86_64
Severity High
Priority Normal
Reported Version 2007.08-2
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
Last week I tried to install Arch-linux after writing the ISO to a cd. All went well, until I had to select the packages. I selected CD as my source. Then an error popped up saying "Failed to mount /dev/sr0" .Then, I dont know why, but I wrote the same ISO to a DVD and voila, it worked perfectly. I tried the same thing on 3 other CDs and DVDs and the same results.
Somehow, it seems that the DVD drive is unable to accept the ISO written to a CD. I thought it might be a problem only with my dvd drive, but I was able to replicate the results on 2 other dell computers( Dell XPS M1530 and Dell Optiplex GX620 ).

I had tried manually mounting when I used the CD, but it failed.

Additional info:
* package version(s)
2007.08-2 Don't Panic
* config and/or log files etc.


Steps to reproduce:
Try writing the ISO to a CD and installing.
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Closed by  Greg (dolby)
Friday, 27 June 2008, 20:31 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Comment by Greg (dolby) - Friday, 27 June 2008, 20:31 GMT
Try one of these ISOs : ftp://ftp.hosteurope.de/mirror/ftp.archlinux.org/iso/2008.06/
2007.08-2 Don't Panic shouldnt be used for installations anymore.

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