Fedora 12 Installation problem

[Patrick Bartek]

--- On Sun, 1/31/10, Tony Nelson <tonynelson at georgeanelson.com> wrote:

> On 10-01-31 10:12:16, Tim wrote:
> > On Sat, 2010-01-30 at 13:50 -0500, Joe Woodruff
> wrote:
> > > Disc's 1 & 3 failed Linux test at
> installation. Burned Disk 1 twice
> > > more and still fails.  Went ahead with
> installation.
> > 
> > You're asking for trouble going ahead under that
> condition.  Try and
> > resolve the failing disc burning issue, first.
> > 
> > Buy better discs, or just try a different brand.
> > Burn at a slower speed.
> > Burn the discs on another burner.
> > etc...
> 
> All disks always fail the built-in test here, due to the
> permanent 
> kernel bug.  A more robust test is:
> 
>     # cmp /dev/dvd /path/to/iso

You can also verify the burn by

   sha256sum /dev/dvd (or whatever your burner is designated)

Just like you verify the ISO file.  Remember in Linux "everything is a file."  ;-)


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