On Tuesday 09 November 2004 7:20 pm, Jim Cornette wrote:
Anyway, to prevent getting a full stack of coasters, can someone verify that adding ide=nodma allows the cdroms to verify properly?
Yes, it allows the cdroms to verify properly. The link that you couldn't get to is an email from Alan Cox himself, who said "[T]he media check in FC3 is broken unless you burned the CD with padding. The ide-cd driver is broken and FC uses ide-cd not ide-scsi...."
So there you have it.
I first tried media check without passing any parameters at boot. The first disc passed and the second one failed.
Then I tried ide=nodma. All four discs, plus the rescue disc, passed. Then I rebooted "normally" and did the install without any problems.
Ken
Thanks Ken,
I was not aware that it was the ide-cd driver and didn't have any idea as the solution proclaimed as a link.
I did an installation that required all 4 of the installation CDs and there were no disc errors with the discs. I never verified the rescue CD, I guess I ought to for safety.
Thanks for verifying.
Jim
