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Buffer I/O errors, when trying to install

Postby herbie » Jun 29th, '11, 20:44

I have big problems with installing Mageia on my laptop. Few pages error messages, e.g.

buffer I/O error on device sr0 logical block 5862
buffer I/O error on device sr0 logical block 5863
buffer I/O error on device loop0 logical block 0

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Re: Buffer I/O errors, when trying to install

Postby Ken-Bergen » Jun 29th, '11, 21:19

Device sr0 is your optical drive so it's either a bad disc or bad drive.
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Re: Buffer I/O errors, when trying to install

Postby herbie » Jun 29th, '11, 21:39

I got same kind error messages few months ago, when tried to install kubuntu. But with mandriva install no problems. Weird...
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Postby herbie » Jun 30th, '11, 09:09

Maybe I should try installing from USB stick. Is it easy to do?
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Re: Buffer I/O errors, when trying to install

Postby isadora » Jun 30th, '11, 13:11

Welcome to the Mageia-forum herbie!!!!

Where it is concerning your question about installation from USB-stick,
i would like to advise you reading:
http://www.mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id= ... tion_media
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Re: Buffer I/O errors, when trying to install

Postby herbie » Jun 30th, '11, 17:52

Problem solved! I did burn mageia .iso file again to cd, but with lower speed. And now installation completed.. :) Though I have problems with sounds and mouse, but I post here some questions, if I dont get work those things...
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