ISO Image Problem

James Kosin jkosin at beta.intcomgrp.com
Mon Oct 18 20:53:41 UTC 2004


Steve Walter wrote:

> Greetings:
>  
> <Fedora Core 2>
>  
> I'm having an issue with getting good install images.  I have 
> downloaded the ISO images from several different mirrors along with 
> the MD5SUM from these sites.  WinMD5 reports that the ISOs are good.  
> However, on every one of them, the mediacheck fails.  My CD burner 
> (TDK) is working (I've burned other stuff and tested it... no problem) 
> and I'm using Nero Burning ROM 6 to burn the image onto CD.  I'm 
> considering getting out my Roxio software and using that as, if I 
> remember right, it has an option for write verification when burning 
> that Nero doesn't.  Outside of that, I may just have to buy CD's 
> already burned.
>  
> Does anyone have any suggestions?  Is there something I've missed?  
> I've done all this stuff before so I'm not really a newbie, though 
> this is my first experience with FC2.
>  
> Steve Walter
>  

Steve Walter,

Try burning the CD at x4 or slower if possible.  I've seen problems with 
burning an install CD at x48 and trying to install on a CDROM drive that 
doesn't support the high speeds.

James Kosin




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