FC3 mediacheck

[Esteban Xandri]

4 steps that worked for me:
1) Download iso images w/wget (for example: wget -b
http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/3/i386/iso/FC3-i386-disc4.iso
)
2) Verify the downloaded images w/md5sum
3) burn them, logged in as root, using isosize option of cdrecord
(cdrecord -v -isosize speed=8 dev="/dev/hdd" FC3-i386-disc4.iso)
4) boot F3 w/disc 1 and test the CD's

Regards
EFX


On Fri, 2004-11-12 at 17:42, David Fletcher wrote:
> I've had the same problem.
> 
> I downloaded the ISO images to this PC using Opera. Then ran md5sum, which 
> said everything I downloaded is OK.
> 
> Burned the images to CDs (which are recycled CD-RWs previously used for FC1) 
> using cdrecord just like I've done before. In my case, disk 1 passed media 
> check and all the others failed. They get to 99%, then there is a long delay, 
> then the fail message.
> 
> I then tried burning disk 2 onto an ordinary CD-R, which gave the same result.
> 
> Then tried booting this PC from FC3 disk 1, ran the media check, got the same 
> result.
> 
> Somebody else on my local LUG has CDs which pass the media check, so I've 
> asked how he burned them. Will be meeting at the Swindon Install Fest 
> tomorrow, so can talk about it then.
> 
> I might copy the ISOs over to my w98 partition in a short while, and try using 
> Nero to burn them, using the verification facility. I don't know how to do 
> this with cdrecord (if it can be done - I don't remember seeing anything 
> about it in the manual)
> 
> 
> On Friday 12 Nov 2004 8:09 pm, Mustafa Orkun wrote:
> > well,i've downloaded FC3 with bittorent.burned the 5 Cds.but when making
> > mediachecks all the cds failed.i've completely deleted FC2 before
> > installing FC3 (because i've made some partition changes for linux) so
> > i've left only with winxp and doesn't know a way to make md5sums in
> > windows.(as described in this list:
> >
> >  mediacheck failure doesn't mean ISO files are corrutped.
> >
> > As indicated multiple times in this thread - check md5sums - before
> > redownloading (and running in the wrong direction/ wasting bandwidth)
> >
> > md5sum -c MD5SUM
> >
> > I've already indicated this once. After successful MD5SUM check - boot
> > with 'linux ide=nodma' and then do the MediaCheck.)
> >
> > so what do you recommend for me?
> > the cds look ok(when browsing them in windows)and redownloading them
> > really frightens me!if this will be a must what is the guaranteed
> > way.i've downloaded FC2 with bittorent and there were no problems.