Re: Testing iso downloads?

[Aaron Konstam <akonstam sbcglobal net>]

On Fri, 2006-04-28 at 14:30 +0100, Paul Howarth wrote:
> Aaron Konstam wrote:
> > On Thu, 2006-04-27 at 16:01 -0700, alan wrote:
> >> On Thu, 27 Apr 2006, Gordon Gallup wrote:
> >>
> >>> Greetings all,
> >>>   I have downloaded the FC5 isos and, after burning the first one, I
> >>> found that the media check failed when I booted.  Is there any way of
> >>> checking the correctness of the download step separate from the
> >>> burning step?  The disk image mounted successfully with mount "loop"
> >>> option.
> >> There should be a SHA1SUM file with checksums.
> >>
> >> sha1sum -c SHASUM
> >>
> >> -- 
> >> "Waiter! This lambchop tastes like an old sock!" - Sheri Lewis
> > I know I will hear from the open (free) software advocates but if you
> > are having trouble burning and checking you CD-s I would suggest buying
> > the CD-s for someone like www.cheapbytes.com. They are cheap, they are
> > error free and your time and aggravation is worth the $10+ cost.
> 
> Bear in mind that there are issues with mediacheck even for 
> perfectly-burned media (kernel bug affecting some IDE CD readers), so 
> buying the CDs is no guarantee of passing mediacheck.
> 
> Paul.
I believe you that a problem is a possibility but in practice I have
never had a problem. I am suggesting this for those who have battled
long and hard to get their CD-s produced correctly and as an alternative
to extreme frustration.
-- 
Aaron Konstam <akonstam sbcglobal net>