On Fri, 2006-04-28 at 14:55 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > LinuxMedia 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. > > [...] > > > > I had the same problem on my FC3 disks. But during a long google session > > that lead down a dirt road and an abondoned farm, I found this... > > > > When booting the CD, at the the prompt, type "linux mediacheck > > ide=nodma". This has always results in a succesful check for me. But > > remember, I've only used it on FC3 disks. > > This is a well-known kernel problem of long standing. Yep: http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2004-November/msg00455.html > Any time use of a CDROM drive is flakey, try turning > off DMA. Doesn't always help: http://www.redhat.com/archives/rhl-devel-list/2006-March/msg01191.html Paul.
