Tom Gal wrote:
Worked Back then = RH9 came before FC3.
Either:
1) The test was always messed up, in which case you're wasting your time
either way -OR-
2) The people in charge of fedora supplanted a functional CD test with a
non-functional error prone test which still makes it sound like you're
wasting your time.
2a) The testing software became messed up, which means that an older
version should still be reliable.
2b) The checksum, MD5, or whatnot is what became messed up, which
means that the testing software doesn't have a chance, regardless of
version.
Granted, I do not know *how* the media testing software actually tests
the media. I don't know how it can know whether any particular bit is
supposed to be on or off. So I assume it must be some kind of elaborate
checksum type of thing.
If the testing software of rh9 is reliable, *and* if the /checksums/
(for not knowing what it actually is) on the fc3 discs are reliable,
*and* if the media testing software of rh9 is not incompatible somehow
with the /checksums/ on the fc3 discs, then I'm thinking that I *should*
be able to rely on the results.
On a side note there's likely a checkbox in the program you're using to burn
the CD that says "verify CD contents after burn" or something along those
lines (maybe not), but even so I would say you could have installed Fedora a
few times over the last couple days by now and would just know. It's never
been a problem before........
"and would just know"? How would I know that there is not some gotcha
that is just waiting to be stepped on. Not everything starts running
and cordially reporting errors right after installation is complete. It
could be that a portion of the "ls" code is never actually run until a
specific switch is used, at which time the glitch (not caught by the
media test) decides that there is nothing important on my HD. How would
you "just know"?
On 8/31/05, Carl Lowenstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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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