Ubuntu 8.04 won't install

Street

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I am trying to install 8.04 on my lappy. I put the CD in, boot to it and select install. The loading bar gets about halfway across and they it crashes out, firing loads of squashfs errors at me!

I have tried reburning the CD, redownloading from a different source etc.

7.10 installs fine though!

The error it gives is..

SQUASHFS error: Unable to read page, block 29f7ff50, size 11364
SQUASHFS error: sb_bread failed reading block 0xa7e44

This error keeps scrolling down the screen.

Any ideas?

Cheers,
Andy
 
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Just trying an install from a third re-download and burn..

Each download has been from a different source. The md5sums check out OK as well..
 
Well that one got through the install.. The Heron background came up. Then some box came up but all the text was just squares! :(
 
Street said:
SQUASHFS error: Unable to read page, block 29f7ff50, size 11364
SQUASHFS error: sb_bread failed reading block 0xa7e44
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It is good practice to verify the downloaded ISO AND the burned CD. Why? You have to test for all of the following scenarios:

1. Successful ISO download + successful burn.
2. Successful ISO download + corrupt burn.
3. Corrupt ISO download + successful burn.
4. Corrupt ISO download + corrupt burn.
5. Successful ISO download + successful burn ( but bad ISO + corresponding MD5 hash from website ).

Download the ISO and the corresponding MD5SUMS file:

e.g.
Code: 
http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/8.04/kubuntu-8.04-alternate-i386.iso
http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/8.04/MD5SUMS

Open the MD5SUMS file in your favourite text editor. The line you are interested in is:

Code: 
94b892ac78fdb4d1f164e7bd0f7da2ca *kubuntu-8.04-alternate-i386.iso

On Windows, you can use ImgBurn to burn and verify. View the log and you should see two
lines similar to the following:

Code: 
I 18:42:35 Device MD5: 94b892ac78fdb4d1f164e7bd0f7da2ca
I 18:42:35 Image MD5: 94b892ac78fdb4d1f164e7bd0f7da2ca

If they match, the burn was successful. Compare with the entry in the Md5SUMS file.


On Linux, insert the CD/DVD into the drive and type the following at a root prompt:

Code: 
md5sum /dev/sr1


My writer is /dev/sr1 under Arch Linux. It may have a different name under other distros. e.g. /dev/cdrom, /dev/hdc
 
Its weird 4 different downloads from different sources, burned on 3 different CD writers with 2 different PCs would all corrupt the CD though..

I got it installed in the end with the alternative install! :)

Thanks for the help! :)
 
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