Hello Bret, Tuesday, October 29, 2002, 5:58:43 PM, you textually orated:
BH> I am trying to verify a copy of a purchased RHL 7.3 cd set. BH> I burned the first cd and it appears to work (boots up ok anyway) but I BH> can't seem to verify the md5 sum and get a number I have any where elase BH> so I am assuming that there is a problem. If I try to verify the BH> origianl disk against the iso checksum from the redhat site I don't get BH> the same number either. BH> what am I doing wrong? BH> the script that I am using to make the copy is : BH> #!/bin/bash BH> # Copy a data CD directly from one drive to another. BH> # used on compaq2 BH> SPEED=4 BH> WRITER=1,4,0 #scsi cdrom. run cdrecord -scanbus if this is not correct BH> READER=/dev/cdrom BH> cdrecord -isosize -v dev=$WRITER speed=$SPEED $READER BH> the command I am running to calculate the md5sum is : BH> dd if=/dev/cdrom bs=2048 count=329956 | md5sum BH> not sure where I got the count. I found the reference in the archives. BH> is there some magic to md5suming cds? BH> diff -r /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrw returns nothing after about 10 minutes or BH> so. I am assumming that the copies are actually OK. Just wondering BH> about the cds There is a very easy method of verifying the CDs once written. Boot from the CD as though you are going to install. Once you reach the first screen (the one with all the options for text/gui/expert install), type in "linux mediacheck" (sans quotes) and it will let you verify each CD in turn. Have fun, -- _________________________________________________________________ Brian Ashe CTO [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dee-Web Software Services, LLC. http://www.dee-web.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
