[arch-general] anyone had problems with archlinux-2008.06-ftp-i686.iso?

[Tomás Acauan Schertel]

I had this problem too...

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Tomás A. Schertel
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On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 22:12, Chris Brannon <cmbrannon at cox.net> wrote:

> Hi list,
> I'm new to Arch.  The other day, I downloaded the ISO mentioned in the
> subject
> line.  I remastered the image, because I needed some extra programs.  I'm
> blind.  I added a screenreader and a text-to-speech engine to the ISO,
> so that I could have spoken feedback during the install.  I also added
> alsa-utils, alsa-lib, and a few miscellaneous packages.
> I burned the CD and booted the system.  Arch started talking to me, and
> everything seemed ok.
>
> After a few minutes, I started noticing strange behavior.  The system froze
> when I tried to execute a command.
> For instance, after typing "ps" at the bash prompt, the system locked up.
> It was unable to load the ps executable or one of its shared libraries from
> the CD.  Sometimes, it would print the message "input-output error", and
> return to a working bash prompt.  I could hear my CD-ROM drive clicking
> whenever
> it tried to load the executable.  It just sat there for five or more
> minutes,
> spinning and clicking.
> I also noticed that Arch is writing data to its unionfs.  Most of the data
> seems to be written to /var/log.  Should a live CD be writing to logfiles?
>
> My problems could be caused by one of several things.
> 1. A broken CD-ROM drive.  (I doubt it, because the drive is 3 weeks old).
> 2. A mistake while remastering the ISO.
> 3. Some sort of error from the original ISO.
>
> Has anyone else had trouble with this image?  If not, then the issue must
> be caused by my hardware or personal configuration.
>
> Regards,
> -- Chris
>
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