On Thu, 24 May 2007, Livio Condorelli wrote:

> Hi,
>
> After I spent the last 3 days "try" to install S.L  4.4 I decide to ask
> if somebody of you have experience
> such error.
>
> " There was an error installing samba-common-3.0.10-1.4E.9 This can
> indicate media failure
>   Lack of disk space, and/or hardware problems.This is a fatal error
> and your install will be aborted.
>    Please verify your media and try your install again"
>
> Now I will explain what I did until now
>
> 1) Download the 4 iso image from the scientificlinix site, create a dvd
> image and try to install and
>     I got the error as I mention but with different package"
>
> 2) I check if the download was done correctly and I discover there was
> an error during the download
>
> 3) I download from a different site , at that time I check the 4 image
> and was OK I recreate the dvd
>     image, I try again same result with different package name.
>
> 4) I try to burn the DVD with several different media and different DVD
> burner, same result with different
>     package name
>
> 5) I decide to burn 4 CD as it is without create the DVD, but of course
> same result etc. etc.
>
> The HW I use is a Dell PowerEdge 2950 ( 2 CPU 4Gb RAM and 2 disk 73Gb
> SAS mirrored)
> In the same hardware has been already install SL 4.0 SL4.3 and SL.5.0
> without any problem
>
> Here the are the result of   fdisk -l  after the error
>
> Disk /dev/sda :  72.7 GB, 7274600 8576
> 255 heads, 63 sector/track, 8844 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
>
> Device              Boot                Start         End
> Blocks         ID
> /dev/sda1             *                     1            1275
> 10241406    83     Linux
> /dev/sda2                                   1276        2058
> 6289447     82      Linux swap
> /dev/sda3                                    2059       8844
> 54508545   83      Linux
>
>
> Any hints will be appreciate
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Livio
>
>

After you make the iso image do the following

   dd if=/dev/zero count=15 bs=2048 >> <your iso image name>

What media are you using with what dvd burner.  There are still some 
combinations of media and burners that do not get along very much.

For example pioneer drives burn dvd-r media better than dvd+r media.

Do any of the ctl-alt-f3  , ctl-alt-f4, ctl-alt-f5 screens show any media 
errors with your dvd/cd reader?

-Connie Sieh