On Thursday 11 November 2004 19:48, Michael A. Peters 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? I dunno about ide-scsi, haven't used it in a while. But, I've had no problems with k3b-0.11.14, part of kde3.3 verifying a burn, just hit the checkbox before the burn. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.28% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attorneys please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2004 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
