[mythtv-users] KnoppMyth R3

[Joseph A. Caputo]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org]On Behalf Of Jeremy Hanmer
> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 2:22 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] KnoppMyth R3
>
>
> You can give up downloading from geekweb right now assuming that the
> md5sum in the file is correct.  However, the md5sum doesn't match up
> with the one on my mirror (hust.la), so it might just be the file that's
> incorrect.
>
> I *was* able to mount (via loop device) the geekweb file (which is now
> at hust.la as well), so it's quite likely that it'll burn correctly as
> well.
>

Well, the problem wasn't with the ISO image /per se/; I was able to mount
both (hust.la and geekweb) just fine via loopback, and I even burned the
hust.la one and tried to boot it.  The problem was that the compressed
filesystem contained inside the ISO filesystem (/KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX) was
corrupt, and after the system booted, it got errors decompressing stuff when
it got to loading XFree86.  I thought it might have been a bad burn, so I
mounted it via loopback and attempted to extract the compressed filesystem
with "extract_compressed_fs" from the cloop package, and it alway died
extracting the same block.  When I tried the same procedure on the geekweb
image, it extracted with no problem.  I've just burned it, and will try
booting it when I get home this evening.

-JAC