[Grml] Re: grml won't start (mounting /cdrom/GRML/GRML failed)

[Frank Lehmann]

Felix Schwarz wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> sorry for posting in German first - I just didn't think about that. :-/
>
> Nico Golde wrote:
>   
>> * Felix Schwarz <Felix.Schwarz at web.de> [2006-09-06 20:08]:
>>     
>>> Was kann ich noch machen, um den Fehler zu diagnostizieren bzw.
>>> vielleicht sogar zu beheben? Ich hoffe mal, mein Problem ist keine
>>> FAQ, jedenfalls habe ich nichts entsprechendes in der FAQ oder im Wiki
>>> gefunden.
>>>       
>> Da hast du wohl was übersehen :)
>> http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=problems#booting_fails_with_mountmounting_cdrom_grml_grml_on_grml_failedinvalid_argument
>>     
>
> Thanks for pointing to the relevant page. In fact, I searched for "invalid
> argument" and DokuWiki displayed only one of two hit contexts on this page so I
> didn't actually read it - I know, its a lame excuse ;-)
>
> The downloaded ISO was okay though but "cat /dev/hdc | md5sum" returns a
> different one so I guess, I should try again...
>
> Sorry for bothering, a really stupid mistake by me, I should have checked that
> before posting. Thanks for helping so fast, though :-)
>   
I had the same problem. Downloaded the image at university with firefox, 
went down in about one minute without any problems and the iso did not 
work at all. Trying to open the "readme.txt" just gave me binary 
content, and I am not sure why. Anyway - works now, and is great :-)

Frank