RedShift wrote:
> Tait Clarridge wrote:
>> On Tue, 2009-11-24 at 14:47 -0700, Dennis Kibbe wrote:
>>>> I just download CENTOS 5.4 DVD ISO X86_64 version from internet. I
>>>> tried to install it on DELL server and get following error message
>>>> before RPM start install:
>>>>
>>>> parted_1.8.1-23.els.x86_64.rpm can NOT open
>>>>
>>>> anyone know why?
>>>>
>>>> Should I download it again from any good site?
>>>>
>>>> If I install CENTOS 5.3 and use yum update, will it go to CENTOS 5.4?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>> Did you check that the DVD was good with mediacheck? md5sum'ed the ISO?
>>> No need to download again if the ISO is OK.
>> Also, burn at the slowest speed to ensure that there are no errors. I have
>> had this problem and solved it by burning at a slow speed, although it
>> will take a lot longer to burn the DVD.
>>
> Burning at a slower speed usually does NOT increase burn quality. You may
> have a bad writer or bad DVD R's. Use DVD-R's for maximum compatibility.
Sure it does. For example, what's the alleged speed of the writer... and what's
the alleged speed of the DVD itself? I made a coaster or two, just in the last
year (don't burn a lot of CD's or DVD's), and once I slowed down the writer, it
came out fine.
mark
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