Suggestion: Media Check for ISO Images
To: Debian Developers/ISO Image Maintainers
I downloaded Debian GNU/Linux 3.0R2 i386 from mirror sites and the MD5SUMS
check was correct for the images. However, when attempted an install of the
system, some CDs (not all, CD1-non-US was fine) has error in them such that
i cannot install some packages. (I could not do an MD5SUM check on the CD
contents due to unknown reason, WinMD5 refuses to check the MD5SUM file
against the CD contents).
I thought I'd at least get some full system up... so I visited Fedora Linux
Project and found that they have a feature of built-in MD5SUM in their
images. So you can bootup the CD you burned, run "linux mediacheck" and it
will automatically check the CDs content's integrity.
I suggest a "mediacheck" feature be also built into the ISO images so that
its integrity can be checked before installation.
For Fedora's mediacheck thing, please refer to:
http://fedora.redhat.com/download/
Enoch Ko
ps: if this message has been posted in the wrong place, would someone please
be kind enough to cut & paste and send this to the correct place. Thank
you!! =)
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