On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 00:48:55 +0000, Michael A. Peters <mpeters@xxxxxxx> wrote: > I burn a lot of CD's for people - I use to be able to verify the burn > after burning by checking the md5sum of /dev/hdc (my burner) against > the md5sum of the iso file. > > That hasn't worked in awhile - I also have tried piping the output of > dd to md5sum, but it has the same issue - I/O error happens somewhere > along the way. > > I'm not positive but I think the failure started with kernel 2.6 - I'm > not sure though if it worked in FC1 - I am sure it worked in RH8. > > At any rate - is there a solution to this? > I'm thinking about building a dedicated burn box - if need be, I'll put > RH8 on it but if there is a solution with newer 2.6 kernel distros that > works for verifying that a burn went correctly, I'd really prefer to > run something modern on the burn box. > > Thanks for suggestions. > > Would using ide-scsi instead of the kernel ide-cdrom driver work? > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > I would try that. Apparently there is a known issue with the ide cd driver of the new kernel. To get my install to even work I had to boot using ide=nodma. If I didn't the CDs would fail every time and if I tried to install anyway it would die. -- "We should have a way of telling people they have bad breath without hurting their feelings. Like: Well I'm bored. Let's go brush our teeth. Or, I've got to make a phone call...hold this gum in your mouth.
