Testing iso downloads?

[Mike McCarty]

LinuxMedia wrote:
>  > Greetings all,
>  > I have downloaded the FC5 isos and, after
>  > burning the first one, I found that the media
>  > check failed when I booted.
> [...]
> 
> I had the same problem on my FC3 disks. But during a long google session 
> that lead down a dirt road and an abondoned farm, I found this...
> 
> When booting the CD, at the the prompt, type "linux mediacheck 
> ide=nodma". This has always results in a succesful check for me. But 
> remember, I've only used it on FC3 disks.

This is a well-known kernel problem of long standing.
Any time use of a CDROM drive is flakey, try turning
off DMA.

Mike
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