I'm convinced. I'll use readcd from now on. TimH
On Mon, 24 Feb 2003 22:00:28 -0800 Jacob Meuser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 08:43:42PM -0800, Bob Miller wrote: > > Jacob Meuser wrote: > > > > > And then mount the image on a virtual/loop device. Can't mount; can't > > > explore the filesystem -> bad extraction. > > > > > > And the once the ISO is mounted, and the CD also, there are all > > > sorts of ways to compare the filesystems. > > > > I disagree. Two filesystems can appear the same but be slightly > > different. > > Well, then they're not being compared thoroughly. How sure can one > be that appearances are "real"? > > > Besides, he doesn't have the original ISO from the source. > > If he did, he wouldn't need to read the CD. > > Yeah, so use readcd to make an ISO file from the CD. > > > Comparing the .iso's md5 > > to the original is the way to be sure. > > Well, if you're going to use dd in a script instead of readcd, > why not do it all the hackish way? > > My point is, by using the right tool to begin with, there's > less of a chance of error. readcd knows more about your CD > than dd does. > > > And if you do decide to mount the .iso, be sure to mount it READ-ONLY! > > (I've been bitten... (-: ) > > % uname -sr > OpenBSD 3.3 > % sudo mount -t cd9660 -o rw /dev/cd1a /mnt/cdrom1 > % mount | grep cd1 > /dev/cda1 on /mnt/cdrom1 type cd9660 (local, read-only) > % echo > /mnt/cdrom1/junk > zsh: read-only file system: /mnt/cdrom1/junk > % > > -- > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > _______________________________________________ > Eug-LUG mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug _______________________________________________ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
