[ltp] Re: Bootable CD

[Frank Roberts - SOTL]

On Thursday 20 March 2003 16:38, Timothy C Prince wrote:
> -----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 t=
he
> > other.
>
> A common error, made more than once by most of us, is to use a version =
of
> ftp which defaults to Windows text file translation, thus adding gratui=
tous
> \r characters.  This will show up in checksum, and possibly in your CD
> burning program. Tim Prince