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Re: Trouble burning netinstall CD



On Thu, 09 Apr 2009 01:06:35 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote:

> On Wed,08.Apr.09, 20:00:14, Hendrik Boom wrote:
>> 
>> I get an iso file, the MD5 checksum checks out, but when I burn it
>> using k3b it burns uneventfully, but the readback vheck fails.
>> 
>> I had no such trouble burning the Debian live CD.  It burned and
>> verified cleanly.
>> 
>> Is anything wrong with the image?  Should I try another? Or is
>> something really weird going on?  Such as k3b having trouble burning a
>> second (different) CD unless you shut it down and restart it?
> 
> k3b's check is a bit buggy. Try some alternative means to check the
> disk. On my drive it works with 'md5sum /dev/cdrom', but it seems it
> doesn't always work like this (there was a recent thread about it
> including solutions).

Yup.  That was the problem.  I md5summed all the failed burns, and they 
were perfect!

-- hendrik


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