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|    Graham J to Paul    |
|    Re: Advice for newbie    |
|    08 Feb 26 17:03:46    |
      From: nobody@nowhere.co.uk              Paul wrote:       > On Sun, 2/8/2026 5:43 AM, Graham J wrote:              [snip]              >> Might try this later. But is there any way to examine the DVD for       integrity - in that its file system does contain the necessary Casper       directory and files?       >>       >> [snip]       >>       >       > Using IMGBurn, I can rip a DVD back to ISO and       > then compare the checksum to the original. That's       > assuming the media is not so damaged that the       > read attempt fails.              First I will try downloading the Xfce file from a different mirror so as       to compare the downloaded files.              I also tried the DVD in my Windows machine and can see it as drive E:              E:\casper contains 6 files including initrd.lz       This appears to be a compressed file containing the file:       kernel\x86\microcode\AuthenticAMD.bin at 76166 bytes       Does this explain "No working init found" ?              Is it possible that this .iso is incompatible with my hardware?              Is the 1GB RAM a fatal limitation?                     --       Graham J              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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