Re: Trouble burning netinstall CD : SOLVED -- it's trouble with k3b's check.

[gn643202 <jerry@jperkins.us>]

Hendrik Boom wrote:
> On Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:32:12 +0000, Hendrik Boom wrote:
>
> > 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!
>
> Anyone know what I should do with three Lenny install disks? :-)
>
> -- hendrik

   Now you tell me after I throw 4 good burns in the trash.

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