Mandrake 8 install: can't read the damn CD

[ASmurf]

My laptop, which has LM7.2 (installed with isos), can't read the LM8.0 isos correctly. Sometimes it can read it (on boot), sometimes it tries to read it and gives up. When it does read it....part of the initialization fails (uncompress of second stage RAM or something). Also, it can't detect the packages located on the CD either. I have a A21e IBM Thinkpad with a TEAC CDROM....the thing is that my desktop (Creative DVD/CDROM) can read the isos fine. I ran a md5 on the iso file and it matched as well. help plz

 

[TonyRic]

Seems this is a frequent problem ppl are having with 8... Dunno what the cause is... There appears to be no common thread here... Some are laptops, some are desktops... But it does seem that all are Intel Based... Hmmm... Time for an AMD maybe??? J/K

Hopefully MandrakeSoft will fix this problem FAST!!! BTW, have you tried to make boot floppies and install that way???

 

[ASmurf]

If I use boot floppies I still need to access the CD to get the packages, right? My laptop can't recognize the CD at all at any time....DOH