> You need to add the -dao flag to cdrecord if you want to be able to > run successfully md5sum against the finished CD:
Hmm. Well, I read the other posts, checked out the web page that was being referenced - and that's a cool tip. Despite using 'dd if=/dev/cdrom | head -c `stat format=%s /tmp/MandrakeCD2image` | md5sum ' as recommended (essentially it dd's the filesize, so it ignores padding) I get different results. I also get an "input/output" error from dd right at the end. As mentioned, the size of the first CD (I just burned CD #2) is off by a K or two. After I posted, I did as I suggested, which was to loopback mount the first ISO someplace, and mount the burned CD, and run 'diff -r' be- tween the two. It got to someplace in what looked like Afrikaans help files and quit with an input output error. I could not 'cat' that file off the mounted CD-ROM. It may be minor enough (since I don't speak Afrikaans) that I can still install but I'm going to try -dao on CD #3 and try that -v switch. When I burned these CD's I did not see any errors from cdrecord. And (boohoo) I only have one cdrw in my collection :(. But I got nearly 100 CD-Rs. I hope they're not like the old 3 for $1.00 audio tapes I used to get when I was a kid -- only good for speech (i.e, mp3's) and not serious stuff :). > Seth > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED] change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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