On Fri, 2006-07-28 at 01:28 +0530, Sudhir Jorwekar wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I downloaded FC5 DVD iso, and verified checksum.
> When i burned the image and used media check to test the DVD, it failed.
>
> then i mounted the DVD and the image in separate directories and run
> "diff -r .."
> on them. It does not show any difference between two directories.
>
> What could be the reason for this?
kernel bug.
> also, is ("diff -r .."+ bootable DVD) a reliable enough test ?
It's probably OK but to be sure you could extract the ISO image back off
the DVD and compare it with the original (or just re-run the checksum on
it):
http://www.city-fan.org/tips/IsoImageFromMedia
Paul.
