Re: FC4 mediacheck errors

[Bob Parker <bposs@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thomas Taylor wrote:
> On Monday 20 June 2005 01:01, Bob Parker wrote:
>
> > I downloaded the FC4 i386 cd isos which passed the sha1 test.
> > I then burnt 4 cds and sha1 tested the isos on the cdr which all
> > passed the sha1 test yet again.
> > At install time my friend ran mediacheck on all 4 cdrs, he reports
> > all failed the mediacheck.
> > Next I had him check the sha1sum on cd #1 which yielded the same sum
> > as published by the mirrors, so what gives?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Bob
>
>
> Hi Bob:
>
> If the cds pass the sha1sum then they should be good.  Skip the media check, 
> it returns a bad result depending how the cds were burned (with/without 0 
> padding).  This has been the situration since at least FC3.
>
> HTH,
> Tom
Thanks Tom,
They were burned with default settings so 2 x 2048 byte sectors of 
null padding is on them.

Regards
Bob