checking sh1asum of Fedora Core 6 Installation DVD without boot

[Tim]

Tim:
>> That's the second fault related to checking install discs that ought to
>> get fixed, rather than worked around.  Hasn't anybody worked out why it
>> doesn't do it correctly?

Gene Heskett:
> I've previously described how to get around that, and its as simple as 
> what, maybe 4 additional lines of code in the media checker to fix it once 
> and for all time?

And they can't/won't fix it???  Sounds a bit like:  Customer takes his
car back to the manufacturer, telling them the the door falls off when
he makes a right-hand turn, but they refuse, responding, "We like it
like that".

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