Re: how to do mediacheck outside of fedora install process?
From: Tim (tim_at_mail.localhost.invalid)
Date: 05/31/04
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Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 22:07:45 +0930
On Mon, 31 May 2004 01:34:35 -0400,
Mark <none@xxxyyy.com> posted:
> I know I can check my Fedora cdrom install media for errors by running
> "linux mediacheck" at the fedora boot prompt during installation.
> But is there a way to run this before starting an install,
> even on a different box then the one I want to install to?
> I guess you could just start the fedora install, do the
> media checks and then abort out of it but I'd really like
> to just run some tool or script without booting the
> install disk.
Well, you can do that. But the md5sum program can be directly used with
the md5 hash information against what you're checking (disks or ISO images,
for example). There's a FAQ about this somewhere on the Red Hat site, with
pointers to software for different OSs to check Linux disks before
installing (e.g. checking it within Windows).
In my case, I've recently checked some ISO images. I had the md5 hash file
in the same directory as the ISO files, ran the md5sum program using that
hash file, and it checked the ISOs (the hashfile had the ISO filenames next
to their md5 hashes).
e.g. In /test/ there's the md5sum hash text file and the ISO files
Type in: cd /test/
Then type: md5sum -c MD5SUM
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