Mount Failed: Invalid Argument (During Installation)

[Nu2Linux2001]

I am VERY new to linux and I know nothing about it but I hope someone can help me out. I have downloaded Mandrake 7.2 Several times and from several FTP addresses and I have sucessfully made my ISO CD's. Now when I reboot my system it trys to install and it looks like it is going to work but it gets to a screen that eventually says Initalizing CDROM. then I get an error that says "Mount Failed: Invalid Argument." Then I click OK. And then it says "Error Mounting Ramdisk. This should not happen, and I am rebooting your system now." Then I click ok and I have to reboot my system. Can someone please try to help me or tell me if there is a patch that I need to download. Thanks

[pbharris]

hello,
did you pass anything to lilo at boot up? Also, is your CDROM an IDE or SCSI, if IDE is it on the mainboard ide connector?
paul

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[kel]

If you are that new to Linux, you may want to pick up a book. I'd recommend O'reilly's Running Linux. You can get it here: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/runux3/ .

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kel

[Gamera]

I seem to remember reading that lots of mirrors had corrupt copies. That exact problem happened to me with a copy I downloaded, I can't remember where I got my good copy from though.

[This message has been edited by Gamera (edited 31 January 2001).]

[ssadams]

I had a good copy from twoguys.org ??? or .com I cant remember.Try that site.Hint....if you also d/l rawrite.exe and hd.img found in the non iso folders under /dosutils and /images you can burn the hd.img to a floppy in windows and it will allow you to install Mandrake from the iso.that way you will know if it works before you burn a cd.Just remember to write down the full name and path of the image as it will prompt you for it.