H@L0_F00 Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 hey guys... so I decided to mess around with linux more and put Ubuntu 8.1 as the main OS on my old desktop. I downloaded the ubuntu-8.10-alternate-i386.iso because the desktop is *OLD* I recently put a newer cd drive on it as master (because it wasn't recognized when in slave or CS) but now when I try to boot the installer iso it says "Invalid System Disk Replace the disk, and then press any key" <_< could it be an error in the drive? the iso? the bios? il be doing some tests in a bit but i was just wondering what you guys thought... any help is greatly appreciated Thanks in advance ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLuNK Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Well test the disc first, They provide multiple method of hash comparing. Ubuntu isn't going to teach you a single drop of knowledge, Get something designed for a power user. Of course this is my opinion and doesn't warrant a need for 100s of people to reply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Did you burn the iso file to the disk or as the disk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLuNK Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Did you burn the iso file to the disk or as the disk? Hahah! I've done that a few times.. 8-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H@L0_F00 Posted November 30, 2008 Author Share Posted November 30, 2008 i burnt the iso as the disk lol and i compared hashes before i burnt it but i just put it in my laptop to verify that there was even anything on it in the first place and its blank i burnt it with alcohol 120% and it confirmed that the burn was done but there's nothing?? im confused lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 What speed did you burn it at? I always burn at the slowest speed or second slowest the drive supports as long as I can't hear the disk spinning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H@L0_F00 Posted November 30, 2008 Author Share Posted November 30, 2008 yeah i was thinking about that but wouldn't it at least put something on the cd? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 yeah i was thinking about that but wouldn't it at least put something on the cd? Like a broken file layout so any OS that tries to read the disk thinks the disk is blank? Yep, it could. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 ...when you say old, how old are we talking about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H@L0_F00 Posted November 30, 2008 Author Share Posted November 30, 2008 ummm 2000 i think but even my Dell Latitude D620 doesn't read the disk @Sparda: so if it was burnt too fast then i wouldn't find any fragmented files or anything of the sort? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 ummm 2000 i think but even my Dell Latitude D620 doesn't read the disk @Sparda: so if it was burnt too fast then i wouldn't find any fragmented files or anything of the sort? Burnt too fast? No, if it was burn with errors yes. Speed increase increase the likely hood of errors. Fragmented files what? CD file systems don't allow for file fragmentation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H@L0_F00 Posted November 30, 2008 Author Share Posted November 30, 2008 sooo when burnt at a higher speed with errors the disk would appear to be empty? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Like a broken file layout so any OS that tries to read the disk thinks the disk is blank? Yep, it could. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H@L0_F00 Posted November 30, 2008 Author Share Posted November 30, 2008 ehhh sorry lol thanks for the help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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