On Thu, 2004-12-09 at 07:31, Patrick wrote: > Last week I bought myself a DVD burner and don't seem to get it > working right (argh). As far as I know, I tried all possible > connection possibilities and I am close to throwing the stuff out of > the window... > > For the record: I can burn dvd's, but when checking it with a md5sum > it fails. I have downloaded the FC3 dvd iso file and after > downloading, the md5sum checks out. When I burn the iso file (with > K3B) the verify option fails afterwards. If I burn the file with Gnome > and do a manual md5sum on the dvd, it gives a complete different > number (everytime I burn the iso file, I get another value)... I have > been using a new Philips RW disc, also tried it on a regular (no RW) > Philips disc... I also updated the firmware of the burner, still no > improvement. > > I have a 80 gb harddisk (Western Digital WD800JB), a LG dvdrom > (GDR-8163B) and a Plextor DVD burner (PX-712A). I also have a > additional ATA100 ide controler card (Ultra100 TX2) lying around, > together with plenty IDE cables (40 pins and 80 pins). My P4T-F > motherboard has one blue coloured and one black coloured IDE connector > (both should be ATA100 capable, but the manual advises ATA100 on the > blue one and no-ATA100 on the black ide connector). > > Can someone please tell me what I forgot or missed here? What is the > best way to connect these components... should the burner be alone on > a ide channel or can it combined?? > > Regards, > Patrick > Patrick, In the off chance that k3b's md5sum method has some kind of problem, have you tried booting the DVD and running the media check to verify the integrity? I seem to remember having a similar problem, but the media check passed. Bob...
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