Testing iso downloads?

[Paul Howarth]

On Fri, 2006-04-28 at 14:55 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote:
> LinuxMedia 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.
> > [...]
> > 
> > I had the same problem on my FC3 disks. But during a long google session 
> > that lead down a dirt road and an abondoned farm, I found this...
> > 
> > When booting the CD, at the the prompt, type "linux mediacheck 
> > ide=nodma". This has always results in a succesful check for me. But 
> > remember, I've only used it on FC3 disks.
> 
> This is a well-known kernel problem of long standing.

Yep:
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2004-November/msg00455.html

> Any time use of a CDROM drive is flakey, try turning
> off DMA.

Doesn't always help:
http://www.redhat.com/archives/rhl-devel-list/2006-March/msg01191.html

Paul.