Re: Odd memory problem
Jens Axboe (axboe@image.dk)
Tue, 11 May 1999 00:30:33 +0200
On Mon, May 10 1999, Lou Grinzo wrote:
> I've encountered a really strange problem with RH 6.0 and the kernel
> it ships with (2.2.5), and I'm hoping someone here can shed some light
> on the matter.
>
> I've installed RH 6.0 onto one system without problem. Ran like a gazelle.
>
> I also tried installing this same CD onto one of my old test rigs, and run
> into massive problems. The box is a Midwest Micro 133MHz Pentium, 32MB of
> RAM (2 16MB EDO 72-pin SDROM modules), ATI Graphics Xpression/Mach 64 board,
> MS serial mouse, network board (but not used), no printer, SB16 sound board
> (but not used). In other words, this box is about as vanilla as hardware
> gets.
>
> The problem is that a large number of packages are corrupted upon
> installation,
> and they fail the md5 checksum test (rpm -Va), leading to an unusable
> system.
This box wouldn't by any chance be using a Goldstar CD-ROM drive? If so,
that is your problem. 2.2.5 has a known problem with this drive.
--
* Jens Axboe <axboe@image.dk>
* Linux CD-ROM Maintainer
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