CDrom/DVDrom verify problem...update...

[Satish Balay]

On Sun, 14 Nov 2004, Robert Kubichek wrote:

> I have downloaded 3 different copies of FDC3 dvd, and each one verified
> as bad in the installation. Then I tried the cdrom version, and cd 1
> would not verify in installation twice....
> 
> I do not know if is my downloads, or the way I burn, as I never ran
> into this problem before... I burned on 2 different machines, and
> installed on 2 separate machines.
> 
> 
> One question.... is there a way to find out where to problem is when
> a CD/DVD erros on instalation verification??? Or is there a prgram for
> Linux or Windows that can be run to check an iso image before buring.
> I have RedHat WS3 and also CentOS that I can use to verify with..

You should check the archives. There are so many threads on this
issue.

Basically 'MediaCheck' functionality in FC3-kernel is broken. If you
boot with 'linux ide=nodma' - Mediacheck will work.

Hower normal cd operations will work without the above option.

Satish