On Friday 11 January 2002 03:16 pm, you wrote: > Pierre Fortin wrote: > > dd if=/dev/cdrom | md5sum > > > > This will work unless you've used written with "Pad Tracks" which adds > > zeros and alters the md5sum. Even though the md5sum may not match the > > official one, the CD is likely OK... burned 3 identical CDs, all with > > same md5um, before finding this... > > Pierre, > > Thanks very much! Looks like this is working on my Mandrake 7.2 > installation (waiting for the first result, but it's chugging away). > Didn't work on Mandrake 8.1, but that just may be more evidence that > there are problems with that installation. > > Ah, finished -- interesting, the md5sums don't match, but I suspect > there was some padding. I may burn a second disk just to see if two > disks with the same image burned to them produce the same md5sum. (I > see that in your case they did -- if mine don't maybe I've got a problem > in the burner (which I don't suspect).) > > (I burn my disks with Easy CD Creator -- would not surprise me if they > do some padding.) > > Thanks again, > Randy Kramer
Randy, FWIW I've had Easy CD creator burn faulty CD's several times in the past. I've since taken to using Gcombust in Linux and for the most part have trouble free burn sessions. Make sure to uncheck the "Pad" option and if you want a bootable CD check the bootable option. -- Ken Thompson, North West Antique Autos Payette, Idaho Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.nwaa.com Sales and brokering of antique autos and parts. Linux- Coming Soon To A Desktop Near You Registered Linux User #183936
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