On Fri, 2006-04-28 at 14:30 +0100, Paul Howarth wrote: > Aaron Konstam wrote: > > On Thu, 2006-04-27 at 16:01 -0700, alan wrote: > >> On Thu, 27 Apr 2006, Gordon Gallup wrote: > >> > >>> Greetings all, > >>> I have downloaded the FC5 isos and, after burning the first one, I > >>> found that the media check failed when I booted. Is there any way of > >>> checking the correctness of the download step separate from the > >>> burning step? The disk image mounted successfully with mount "loop" > >>> option. > >> There should be a SHA1SUM file with checksums. > >> > >> sha1sum -c SHASUM > >> > >> -- > >> "Waiter! This lambchop tastes like an old sock!" - Sheri Lewis > > I know I will hear from the open (free) software advocates but if you > > are having trouble burning and checking you CD-s I would suggest buying > > the CD-s for someone like www.cheapbytes.com. They are cheap, they are > > error free and your time and aggravation is worth the $10+ cost. > > Bear in mind that there are issues with mediacheck even for > perfectly-burned media (kernel bug affecting some IDE CD readers), so > buying the CDs is no guarantee of passing mediacheck. > > Paul. I believe you that a problem is a possibility but in practice I have never had a problem. I am suggesting this for those who have battled long and hard to get their CD-s produced correctly and as an alternative to extreme frustration. -- Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
