FATAL ERROR IN MANDRAKE 10.0 SETUP

[voteforpedro 0]

OK so i have decided to make the big swith from xindows to linux. The distro i chose was Mandrake. So anywayys i tried to install it and i got to the install part and i clicked enter so then it starts "loading memory" the progress bar goes like 25% then the progress bar disapears and i get text saying "error in exec. of stage2 :-(

trying to execute '/usr/bin/runninstall/2'

from the install action volume the following fatal error occured

FATAL ERROR IN STAGE1:I/O error

I cant recover from this.

You may reboot your system"

PLEASE SOMEONE HELP!!!

[Whiskers 0]

Perhaps a corrupt iso or burning error?

 

Have you tried redownloading the ISO and burning it at a slower speed, Ive read they like to be burned slow, say 8x-16x

 

 

[voteforpedro 0]

ohh haha i burned it at 40x

[danleff 0]

First verify that your download was ok by checking the md5sum.

 

Then burn at 4-8X speed. Slow! Especially if you are using cdrw media.