FC 3 iso corrupt?

Thomas j.a.d.e at gmx.net
Mon Dec 6 23:49:56 UTC 2004


Hello, i had the same problem, CD checker always FAILED, i was unable to 
find out why. But your explanation seems to be the key, thanx a lot!

Stuart Lamble wrote:

> I recently wasted many cd`s while desperately trying to get FC3 
> downloaded and burnt to CD.
>
> Here is what I found – may help others who are on the same path.
>
> USE the MD5Checksums – Verify that your iso images each have the 
> correct MD5 checksums.
>
> Secondly, I was unfortunate enough to write these images to CD using a 
> windows platform – seems you must tell the cd writer software to write 
> the image in RAW format. By default it wants to use DSO, or something 
> like that, which writes successfully, but the FC3 installation CD 
> checker FAILS.
>
> “Alcohol 120” seems to be smart in this case and let me see the error 
> and change the writing to RAW.
>
> Hope this helps…
>





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