4 steps that worked for me: 1) Download iso images w/wget (for example: wget -b http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/3/i386/iso/FC3-i386-disc4.iso ) 2) Verify the downloaded images w/md5sum 3) burn them, logged in as root, using isosize option of cdrecord (cdrecord -v -isosize speed=8 dev="/dev/hdd" FC3-i386-disc4.iso) 4) boot F3 w/disc 1 and test the CD's Regards EFX On Fri, 2004-11-12 at 17:42, David Fletcher wrote: > I've had the same problem. > > I downloaded the ISO images to this PC using Opera. Then ran md5sum, which > said everything I downloaded is OK. > > Burned the images to CDs (which are recycled CD-RWs previously used for FC1) > using cdrecord just like I've done before. In my case, disk 1 passed media > check and all the others failed. They get to 99%, then there is a long delay, > then the fail message. > > I then tried burning disk 2 onto an ordinary CD-R, which gave the same result. > > Then tried booting this PC from FC3 disk 1, ran the media check, got the same > result. > > Somebody else on my local LUG has CDs which pass the media check, so I've > asked how he burned them. Will be meeting at the Swindon Install Fest > tomorrow, so can talk about it then. > > I might copy the ISOs over to my w98 partition in a short while, and try using > Nero to burn them, using the verification facility. I don't know how to do > this with cdrecord (if it can be done - I don't remember seeing anything > about it in the manual) > > > On Friday 12 Nov 2004 8:09 pm, Mustafa Orkun wrote: > > well,i've downloaded FC3 with bittorent.burned the 5 Cds.but when making > > mediachecks all the cds failed.i've completely deleted FC2 before > > installing FC3 (because i've made some partition changes for linux) so > > i've left only with winxp and doesn't know a way to make md5sums in > > windows.(as described in this list: > > > > mediacheck failure doesn't mean ISO files are corrutped. > > > > As indicated multiple times in this thread - check md5sums - before > > redownloading (and running in the wrong direction/ wasting bandwidth) > > > > md5sum -c MD5SUM > > > > I've already indicated this once. After successful MD5SUM check - boot > > with 'linux ide=nodma' and then do the MediaCheck.) > > > > so what do you recommend for me? > > the cds look ok(when browsing them in windows)and redownloading them > > really frightens me!if this will be a must what is the guaranteed > > way.i've downloaded FC2 with bittorent and there were no problems.
