On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 21:43, Jason wrote: > Ok, I am getting somewhere now. I did an md5sum check on the Knoppix CD > Nick gave me today..it matched the one I got from the mirror ok: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] jason]# md5sum /dev/cdrom > 7a64bbcd3a02b376d722815a232cec22 /dev/cdrom > [EMAIL PROTECTED] jason]# > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > 7a64bbcd3a02b376d722815a232cec22 KNOPPIX_V3.1-2003-01-20-EN.iso > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) > > Anyway, I get IO errors when I try and do the same on Nick and Chris C's > CD's for the Installfest: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] jason]$ md5sum /dev/cdrom > md5sum: /dev/cdrom: Input/output error > [EMAIL PROTECTED] jason]$ > > Should I dd to an ISO anyway if I can or should I stop right there??
If you cannot get an .iso image file on your hard drive to md5sum correctly after a couple of tries, it's pointless going on any further. Those silver SKC disks are obviously not of sufficient quality for use as stores for computer files. Sorry I didn't know that when I bought them. I had better do a bit of QA on the disks I've cut using the blanks from Nick R. -- C. S.
