On Mon, 2007-03-05 at 16:25 -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Mon, 5 Mar 2007, Kam Leo wrote: > > > CD volume label; have you checked? > > i just ran "volname" and got "FC/6 i386 DVD", and i've also verified > that this DVD *is* just an original FC6, not a respin. would the > respin have had a different volname? that would pretty much > settle this. thanks. For the original i386 DVD: [root@prophead Fedora]# isoinfo -d -i FC6-i386-DVD.iso CD-ROM is in ISO 9660 format System id: LINUX Volume id: FC/6 i386 DVD Volume set id: FC/6 i386 Publisher id: Data preparer id: Application id: FC/6 i386 Copyright File id: Abstract File id: Bibliographic File id: Volume set size is: 1 Volume set sequence number is: 1 Logical block size is: 2048 Volume size is: 1721287 El Torito VD version 1 found, boot catalog is in sector 353 Joliet with UCS level 3 found Rock Ridge signatures version 1 found Eltorito validation header: Hid 1 Arch 0 (x86) ID '' Key 55 AA Eltorito defaultboot header: Bootid 88 (bootable) Boot media 0 (No Emulation Boot) Load segment 0 Sys type 0 Nsect 4 Bootoff 162 354 For the respin: [root@prophead Fedora]# isoinfo -d -i FC-20070111-6-i386-DVD.iso CD-ROM is in ISO 9660 format System id: LINUX Volume id: Fedora Core 6 i386 DVD Volume set id: Publisher id: Data preparer id: Application id: MKISOFS ISO 9660/HFS FILESYSTEM BUILDER & CDRECORD CD-R/DVD CREATOR (C) 1993 E.YOUNGDALE (C) 1997 J.PEARSON/J.SCHILLING Copyright File id: Abstract File id: Bibliographic File id: Volume set size is: 1 Volume set sequence number is: 1 Logical block size is: 2048 Volume size is: 1512909 El Torito VD version 1 found, boot catalog is in sector 273 Joliet with UCS level 3 found Rock Ridge signatures version 1 found Eltorito validation header: Hid 1 Arch 0 (x86) ID '' Key 55 AA Eltorito defaultboot header: Bootid 88 (bootable) Boot media 0 (No Emulation Boot) Load segment 0 Sys type 0 Nsect 4 Bootoff 112 274 There's several differences there, but the most glaring one is that the original has a volume ID of "FC/6 i386 DVD", while the respin has a volume ID of "Fedora Core 6 i386 DVD". ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Principal Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - - VitalStream, Inc. http://www.vitalstream.com - - - - Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a - - rigged demo. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------