Just a thought ... have you tried running the RedHat "cd check" that you can do when you boot from the cd-rom's? It may be worth checking out
-Jon On Tue, 2002-10-29 at 17:58, Bret Hughes wrote: > I am trying to verify a copy of a purchased RHL 7.3 cd set. > > I burned the first cd and it appears to work (boots up ok anyway) but I > can't seem to verify the md5 sum and get a number I have any where elase > so I am assuming that there is a problem. If I try to verify the > origianl disk against the iso checksum from the redhat site I don't get > the same number either. > > what am I doing wrong? > > the script that I am using to make the copy is : > > #!/bin/bash > > # Copy a data CD directly from one drive to another. > # used on compaq2 > SPEED=4 > WRITER=1,4,0 #scsi cdrom. run cdrecord -scanbus if this is not correct > READER=/dev/cdrom > > cdrecord -isosize -v dev=$WRITER speed=$SPEED $READER > > the command I am running to calculate the md5sum is : > > dd if=/dev/cdrom bs=2048 count=329956 | md5sum > > not sure where I got the count. I found the reference in the archives. > > > is there some magic to md5suming cds? > > diff -r /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrw returns nothing after about 10 minutes or > so. I am assumming that the copies are actually OK. Just wondering > about the cds > > TIA > > Bret > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- -Jon "GenKiller" Gaudette Digital Drip Webmaster (digital-drip.com) CNCNZ Co-Webmaster (cncnz.com) -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
