Fedora Core 3 Test 3 Discs Not Working

[Harald Hoyer]

Jim Cornette wrote:
> Derek Wisong wrote:
> 
>> I downloaded 3 sets of Fedora Core 3 Test 3 discs (4-disc set) from 3 
>> different mirror sites, as well as 1 dvd image.  All 3 sets has the 
>> same problem: Disc 1 works fine, boots and loads the install program, 
>> but when i check the media of the other 3 discs, they Fail. The reason 
>> given is that they were not created with the checksums.  I tried 
>> ignoring this once and installing anyway, and when the installer 
>> wanted files off of disc 2, the installer complained that the files 
>> could not be found.  So i tried a DVD install image. When i booted off 
>> the DVD the installer asked me where i wanted to get the install 
>> packages from i chose "CD Rom Drive" and the installer told me that no 
>> Fedora Core 3 CD could be found..   Is this only a problem on my 
>> machine?  I Used alcohol 120% in Windows XP to burn the images.
>>  
>> Thanks
>> D
>>
> 
> This issue was discussed when the mozilla not being selectable at boot 
> was discussed.
> 
> I ran an md5sum on the downloade images and the 5 discs came back 
> normally with the program on linux.
> 
> The issue is related to the 2.6 kernel and such. If you pad the discs 
> with at least 150 kb, the discs should checksum alright. As why disc 1 
> passed, it was just a "lucky lotto winner".

just burn them with the cdrecord "-dao" parameter