8.1 system install hang on error: read error: 0x20

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I am trying to install 8.1 (from dvd1 vanilla) and the CD Loader initializes with:

Code: 
Looking up /BOOT/LOADER....
Read Error: 0x20

and then the system halts. Halt as in no power down or hang symptom but the install just stops there. In the past I used this same disk to install FreeBSD on one of my netbooks. Today I downloaded a new image and burned it yet again to a different disk and I got the same error and action like I described above.

Any suggestions?
 
Beastie said:
Clean the drive or get a replacement.
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Every other disc works fine. The OS that I'm running now I installed it from that same external CD drive. FreeBSD is the only one that has an error. I have install openSUSE, Ubuntu, Debian, etc. with no problem. That and I changed the disc. I do not think it is my hardware. That's all I'm sayin'.

When I finally get a really good system FreeBSD refuses to work, but it worked on all my other crappy computers I had :(
 
lockfile said:
Every other disc works fine.
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For booting or only for reading data within a running system?
Different applications (e.g. driver vs bootloader) can have variable tolerance levels for error. Some may fail after say, 3 read errors, while others will fail after 5 or so... which is why I first proposed to clean the lens.

lockfile said:
I have install openSUSE, Ubuntu, Debian, etc. with no problem.
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How long ago? Right before/after trying FreeBSD?
 
I tried FreeBSD within the same day. I recently bought one of those lens cleaners and that did not work either. CD Loader 1.2 still gave me the same read error: 0x20. Now I'm down $10 and still no FreeBSD :(
 
This is some weird error. In the past the same disc worked with the same drive but on a different system. Now I am on a more powerful system but FreeBSD cannot install. I have installed other Penguin systems on this box with media that are older (same type of disc media from the same box) with this external drive. I don't know what is the main hold up.
 
Yes, and you can also try booting an older (e.g. 7.x) bootonly disc and switching discs with disc1 once sysinstall has started.
If this works, it may show a problem with newer versions of the loader and it would be a good idea to report it.
 
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