[CentOS] install woes

Fri Apr 10 20:25:11 UTC 2015
Bill Maltby (C4B) <centos4bill at gmail.com>

On Fri, 2015-04-10 at 13:25 -0500, Chuck Campbell wrote:
> <snip>

> So stage two of the saga, I thought I would try to install CentOS 6.5 (I had the
> dvds burned already). It boots, but claims the install image is corrupt.
> 
> I re-downloaded CentOS 6.6, verified the checksums and burned a new dvd set. it
> boots, but when I test the media, it says the same thing (install image has
> errors). If I try to skip media checks, it just ejects the disk and says insert
> the CentOS disk.
> 
> I burned a new set of disks, identical behavior.
> 
> I downloaded from a completely different mirror, validated checksums and burned
> new disks. I get identical behavior.
> 
> I'm not sure what to do next, but I need to get this machine back up and
> running. I'm thinking of getting a different boot disk to install 5.11 to. I
> have no idea why CentOS 6.6 refuses to install.
I've had something similar decades ago. Turned out to be cable
connectors worked loose in their sockets when I was futzing around with
hardware.

Might be the making sure cables, memory, etc. are all well-seated?

> 
> -chuck
> <snip>

HTH,
Bill