Media Check errors on Fedora Core 6

[Thompson Freeman]

On 10/30/2006 03:03:36 PM, norm wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 13:34:28 -0500
> "Mike A. Harris" <mharris at mharris.ca> wrote:
> 
> > Thompson Freeman wrote:
> > >
> > > Another of my silly little "challenges". As in things aren't quite
> 
> > > working as expected 8-/.
> > >
> > > I have downloaded the cd isos for FC-6, and the sha1sums of the
> > > images test as good. I have burned to cd two complete sets of
> cds,
> > > and gotten one cd to pass the media check step. _Everything_ else
> > > fails, and fails multiple times.
> > > I have looked at bugzilla and not found mention of this being a
> > > problem as it has in the past with fedora.
> > >
> > > Is anyone else having similar challenges, or should I assume the
> > > problem is entirely on this end?
> > >
> > > As a side issue, how would I get the sha1sum of the burned cd? I
> > > believe that should remain the same as the image file, or am I
> > > completely a sea?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance for your help
> >
> > As a hopefully useful additional datapoint...
> >
> > I've done very similar, but with the DVD image, having done:
> >
> > 1) Downloaded DVD ISO of FC6 via bittorrent
> >
> > 2) Verified the SHA1SUM of the image
> >
> > 3) Burned it to DVD+R and used the verification feature of the burn
> >     software to ensure the image burned correctly.
> >
> > 4) Booted off DVD and attempted to install over top of an existing
> FC5
> >     install.
> >
> > The first attempt got as far as bringing up disk druid where I
> planned
> > to custom partition.  The installation hung with a kernel BUG()
> > assertion which was dumped to one of the consoles.  Anaconda et al.
> > was no longer functional, however VC switching still worked.
> >
> > The second attempt got slightly further, allowing me to select my
> > partitioning scheme in disk druid, however when I selected "Next"
> to
> > leave disk druid and proceed, the installation hung again, this
> time
> > with a fairly large python traceback.
> >
> > Unfortunately, I didn't have my digital camera handy at the time,
> and
> > wasn't able to capture the details for a proper bug report yet.
> When
> > time permits, I'm going to attempt a 3rd install with camera in
> hand
> > and try to capture useful details to dump in bugzilla.  For the
> mean
> > time, I thought it might be useful to share this here in case it
> helps
> > others pinpoint down any problems.
> >
> > This system is a 2.8Ghz Intel Pentium 4 Northwood, with an i865
> > chipset, PATA drives.  Currently running FC5 and another OS without
> > trouble.
> >
> > I'll dump more info into bugzilla when I can reproduce it again.
> >
> I have had similar issues, the problem was at my end. A media check
> with one box/cd gave me a fail and the same disk with a media check
> in
> another box passed.  The problem was the box/drive that failed was an
> older box and did not like to read rw CDs.  I have also occasionally
> found the same problem  with some regular read CDs.  Before you
> assume
> your download or burn was bad do a media check on a newer box/cd
> drive.
Also, as noted elsewhere in this threed, try booting the install cd  
with the kernel command line "ide=nodma". It worked for me at least.