[OpenIndiana-discuss] OI-dev-148 failure on V20z

[Tom Kranz]

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On 13 Feb 2011, at 03:17, Russ Price wrote:
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> It might possibly be the optical drive itself. I have a system at home with an Optiarc CD/DVD burner that won't install Ubuntu from a burned CD, even though the CD checksums just fine using that very same drive. If I burn the exact same ISO image to a DVD+R disc, the installation works fine. As it turns out, this is a known problem with (some) Optiarc drives.
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This ^^ The v20z internal drives are rubbish, and I've had endless problems with them. Best bet is to buy a cheap slim-line DVD drive from Ebay and fit that, or boot off the network. 

I've had v20z and v40z playing up with all sorts of media - 'proper' Solaris x86 media, burned stuff, expensive CDs, cheap DVDs, you name it.

Cheers,
TOM

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