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Re: cdrom-checker from the boot prompt



On Tuesday 20 November 2007, Rage Callao wrote:
> On Nov 16, 2007 4:49 PM, Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> wrote:
> > On Friday 16 November 2007, Rage Callao wrote:
> > > Hi, is there a boot parameter for the installer that will bring me to
> > > the cdrom-checker screen? I'm using etch. tnx in advance
> >
> > No, I don't think that's possible.
> > Well, in theory anything is possible with the installer, but there is
> > no official/regular way to do it.
>
> Thanks for the answer Frans. Is there any chance that this feature
> will make it to the Lenny
> release. Something like integrity-check which works with Ubuntu.
>
> I played around with the Etch installer a bit and found that as soon
> as the CDROM is mounted its
> possible to access a console, cd into the /cdrom directory and do a:
>
> md5sum -c md5sum.txt
>
> Maybe a script in initrd.gz that does something similar perhaps?

I really do not see what you want here. We already _have_ a cdrom check 
function. To use it, just exit to the installer's main menu by using the
<go back> button and choose the option "Check the CD-ROM's integrity".

I don't see _any_ need for a boot parameter to invoke that function.

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