trouble installing FC5 - dont believe media check fail!

[Kam Leo]

On 4/19/06, Russell Golden <dragonite.wylie at verizon.net> wrote:
> Kam Leo wrote:
>
> >On 4/17/06, David Timms <dtimms at bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Russell Golden wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>I downloaded Fedora Core 5 via BitTorrent, and when I burned the CDs and
> >>>tested them, three of the five failed the media test. So I deleted the
> >>>images off my hard disk and redownloaded, again via BitTorrent. The same
> >>>three CDs failed the checksum again. Has anyone else had this problem,
> >>>is the BitTorrent download corrupted, or is it just me? (please tell me
> >>>it's just me)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>1. What you should do is run the checksums on the iso file *before*
> >>bothering to burn the CD.
> >>
> >>2. The CD's media check fails sometimes even on good CD's.
> >>
> >>3. Use the CD's you first made; unless you have a near to failing CD
> >>drive, it is highly likely that the CD's you already made are right to go !
> >>
> >>4. see http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=111952741800002&r=1&w=2
> >>and also the fedora-test list for more recent discussions.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Also burn at a slower speed. Your burner may be able to read/write
> >media at 48x, but it does not mean that the installer drive will be
> >able to read them. Believe me, I have created enough coasters because
> >I did not pay attention and let the burner software use the default
> >writing speed.
> >
> >
> >
> the computers in my house, except for my laptop, are crap. My max
> writing speed is 24x (laptop), the other computer with a burner writes
> at 12x. the laptop reads at 24x, the others read at 32x (yeah, newer
> computer, slower drive. go figure). would it be better to write with the
> 12x drive?
>

Yes, it would. Why? Because the 12x drive has the poorer/older
algorithms for writing to various media. The laptop's drive, being
newer, probably has improved electronics and read/write algorithms.
Unless you have a dog of a drive the laptop drive can more readily
read the older drive's output than the other way around.