sean finney on Sat, 19 Oct 2002 21:50:04 -0400


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Re: [PLUG] Trouble to read file using old computer/cdrom 

On Sat, Oct 19, 2002 at 04:12:46PM -0700, Sijian Zhou wrote:
> I have an old desktop with 300MHz CPU with a 52xCD-ROM
> driver. I installed RedHat 7.3 on the desktop.
> 
> cp: reading `/mnt/cdrom/lnx_920_disk1.cpio.gz':
> Input/output error

it's possible that you have faulty hardware, and it's possible that
there's a kernel bug/misconfiguration for your cd rom setup.  is there
anything suspicious from /var/log/* ?  

--sean

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