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

[Adam Vogt]

To me, it looks like the drive is having difficulties reading the cd, which 
should be unrelated to your customizations.  A solution might be to try 
different media, drive combinations for reading or writing.

If those are not available, you can also try installing arch from within 
your current distro, or some other live cd. Here is a guide for that:

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Install_From_Existing_Linux

* On Thursday, September 25 2008, Chris Brannon wrote:

>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