[ltp] Re: Bootable CD

[Timothy C Prince]

-----Original Message-----
From: Tod Harter <tharter@rhombus.net>
To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 16:26:20 -0500 
Subject: Re: [ltp] Re: Bootable CD

Go order a copy from cheapbytes.com, they'll sell you a Mandrake CD set for=
 a 
couple bucks. Sure beats all the pain and agony.

On Thursday 20 March 2003 08:18 am, Frank Roberts - SOTL wrote:
> On Wednesday 19 March 2003 21:49, Richard Neill wrote:
> > If your system will boot from another CD, but not from the Mandrake ISO=
,
> > then the chances are that you have a problem with the disc.
> I had reach the conclusion that either the ISO were bad or that I did not
> know the correct procedure with just an equal probability of one or the
> other.
>
A common error, made more than once by most of us, is to use a version of f=
tp which defaults to Windows text file translation, thus adding gratuitou=
s \r characters.  This will show up in checksum, and possibly in your CD =
burning program.
Tim Prince