Re: Verifying CD's after burn

From: Stormblaze (stormblaze_at_gmail.com)
Date: 11/12/04

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    On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 00:48:55 +0000, Michael A. Peters <mpeters@mac.com> wrote:
    > I burn a lot of CD's for people - I use to be able to verify the burn
    > after burning by checking the md5sum of /dev/hdc (my burner) against
    > the md5sum of the iso file.
    >
    > That hasn't worked in awhile - I also have tried piping the output of
    > dd to md5sum, but it has the same issue - I/O error happens somewhere
    > along the way.
    >
    > I'm not positive but I think the failure started with kernel 2.6 - I'm
    > not sure though if it worked in FC1 - I am sure it worked in RH8.
    >
    > At any rate - is there a solution to this?
    > I'm thinking about building a dedicated burn box - if need be, I'll put
    > RH8 on it but if there is a solution with newer 2.6 kernel distros that
    > works for verifying that a burn went correctly, I'd really prefer to
    > run something modern on the burn box.
    >
    > Thanks for suggestions.
    >
    > Would using ide-scsi instead of the kernel ide-cdrom driver work?
    >
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    I would try that. Apparently there is a known issue with the ide cd
    driver of the new kernel. To get my install to even work I had to boot
    using ide=nodma. If I didn't the CDs would fail every time and if I
    tried to install anyway it would die. 

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