Tips for passing the media check

[Simon Andrews]

Matthew J. Roth wrote:
> List members,
> 
> I downloaded the FC6 installation images to my Windows XP machine and 
> used Nero to burn them to CDs, but the media check kept failing.  After 
> some research, I found a reliable method for burning installation CDs 
> that pass the media check.

> 6) Burn the images to CD
>     - cdrecord -v -pad 

It's the -pad which makes all the difference.  This works around a bug 
in the kernel which causes the mediacheck to fail.

You don't need to fix this when burning your cds though, when you boot 
off your install cd just start the install using:

linux nocddma

instead of just 'linux', and the mediacheck should work properly 
(whether your CDs were burned with or without padding).

Just as a thought - why is nocddma not made the default in the install 
kernel (ie the one used during install rather than the one which is 
actually installed).  Are there any downsides to this?  It would save a 
lot of these explanatory messages after every release...

Simon.