On 8/31/05, Tom Gal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 8/31/05, Ralph Shumaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: DJA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >Date: Monday, August 29, 2005 7:35 pm
> > >Subject: CD Tests in Fedora Install
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >>The Media test in Fedora Core's Installer, at least since FC3, is
> > >>broken
> > >>and its results thus unreliable either way. Don't use it. In fact,
> > >>the
> > >>FC maintainers are going to remove that test in future versions. It
> > >>was
> > >>supposed to have been removed from FC4, but was missed.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >Can you recommend a good test, from linux and/or windows that would
> > >ensure the iso has been burned correctly?
> > >
> > >
> >
> > On a whim, I decided to use my rh9 install CD to "test the media" of my
> > fc3 discs. The test as done by fc3 gives "pass" for discs 1 & 4 but
> > "fail" to discs 2 & 3. But the results from using the rh9 install CD
> > gives "pass" to all four fc3 discs. Can I rely on this?
>
> If it doesn't work now, why would it have worked back then?
>
> T
Converted from top post, to preserve the sequence of thought.
Presumably somebody changed the way that the media test works.
So I don't understand "worked back then". The observation is that new
CDs tested with the old test routine pass. The same ew CDs tested
with the new test routine sometimes fail.
carl
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