On 7/20/06, Nicolas Mailhot <nicolas.mailhot@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >> Is there some way of checking the integrity of a CD/DVD media?
> > >
> > >1. checksum the files using md5sum/sha1sum
> > >1b sign the result with gpg
> > >2. check the burnt files against your checksums
> >
> > Thanks, Nicolas, but in case the media is already recorded and without
> > any access to the original files?
>
> Can you run integrity checks on the files? Mount the drive, then
> something like:
>
> rpm /media/dvd/ -iname "*.rpm" -exec rpm -K {} \; | grep NOT
>
> or substitute an appropriate test.
rpm -K works because rpm did the checksumming at package creation
time :)
Thanks to all for all suggestions.
Paul
