Linspire Woes

[Gary A]

I bought the Linspire download. I burned a couple of ISO disks and neither of them will boot. I am not able to get to an install page either. I can see the files, boot, live, modules, etc. The strange thing is that I had no problems with the free Ubuntu 6.10. The Linspire support page has been down since the 14th.

I have an extra hard drive that I want to install to and then experiment at my leisure. I'm now disgusted and since XP Pro is running better all the time, I'm not sure if it is worth the effort.

Edited April 18, 2007 by Gary A

[Gumballl]

Did you actually download ISO images? Or just the file-structure of the OS? The latter case would require you to make an ISO image of the filesystem (i.e. using something like /usr/bin/mkisofs).

If you do have ISO images, did you verify the SHA1 (or other) checksum of each ISO image you downloaded? You may have a file corruption problem but that is merely a guess. What application did you use to create the CD-ROMs? Maybe that could also have affected things.

I recently downloaded the Fedora Core 6 DVD ISO, and after verifying the SHA1 checksum (using /usr/bin/sha1sum) and comparing for a match with what is displayed at the FC6 download site, I burned the ISO image to a DVD-R using Nautilus under my FC 5 system. No problems at all.

Btw, I also have another notebook that runs Win XP, I am getting ticked off at MS always posting updates to their piss poor OS... and updates that require me to reboot the computer. I am thinking about ditching Win XP and freeing myself from MS and my anti-virus provider Symantec. The latter company is also a leech with their recurring subscription fees.

[Gary A]

Did you actually download ISO images? Or just the file-structure of the OS? The latter case would require you to make an ISO image of the filesystem (i.e. using something like /usr/bin/mkisofs).

If you do have ISO images, did you verify the SHA1 (or other) checksum of each ISO image you downloaded? You may have a file corruption problem but that is merely a guess. What application did you use to create the CD-ROMs? Maybe that could also have affected things.

I recently downloaded the Fedora Core 6 DVD ISO, and after verifying the SHA1 checksum (using /usr/bin/sha1sum) and comparing for a match with what is displayed at the FC6 download site, I burned the ISO image to a DVD-R using Nautilus under my FC 5 system. No problems at all.

Btw, I also have another notebook that runs Win XP, I am getting ticked off at MS always posting updates to their piss poor OS... and updates that require me to reboot the computer. I am thinking about ditching Win XP and freeing myself from MS and my anti-virus provider Symantec. The latter company is also a leech with their recurring subscription fees.

I downloaded the Linspire recommended ISO burner program and used that the first time.The disk wouldn't load. I then used the Nero copy and backup. The disks appear identical and neither work. Since I had no problem with Ubuntu I think the burn must have been OK. The folder on the hard drive doesn't show any files but the CD's do. When I clicked checksum after the download I got a long sequence of numbers and letters. I really don't know what I was supposed to have gotten. I thought maybe it was my computer boot settings or something else but my new laptop acts exactly the same.

Now Linspire says their support site should be back up the 20th.

[lost_in_space]

gary,

there's a special kind of .iso format at the bottom left of the nero screen. i think it's something like udf/iso. that's the one you want to use. also, you want to burn it as slow as possible.

why did you buy the linspire download? if you get it going and see something special, let us know.

[Gary A]

gary,

there's a special kind of .iso format at the bottom left of the nero screen. i think it's something like udf/iso. that's the one you want to use. also, you want to burn it as slow as possible.

why did you buy the linspire download? if you get it going and see something special, let us know.

I got it directly from www.linspire.com. I just looked at the disk through Nero and it says ISO 9660 (bootable).

[lost_in_space]

Gary,

Did you burn it at 1,200 or slower? I had a Mepis problem due to a fast burn.

[Gary A]

Gary,

Did you burn it at 1,200 or slower? I had a Mepis problem due to a fast burn.

Nero chose a speed of 10 which I think is the slowest speed available. I know it took quite a long time to burn.

[Gary A]

I finally got Linspire up and running. It setup my Ipstar Internet connection automatically so so far so good. I'm even using the built in browser.