isolinux cksum error

[Rick Stevens]

On Fri, 2005-12-09 at 08:42 -0600, abuji wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Was trying to recreate the CD1 after adding a customized rpm and also
> modifying the comps.xml, so that we can use that CD to build new
> systems.
> 
> But as we try to boot off the CD, it hangs with following error.
>        isolinux image checksum error, sorry
>        Boot failed: press a key to retry.
> 
> Followed the instructions "How to create CD" and used the mkisofs command as
> 
> mkisofs -o file.iso -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c boot.cat -no-emul-boot \
> -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -R -J -v -T ./
> 
> The images, isolinux and RPMS dir were copied over from original CD to
> the current dir before modifying the comps.xml and adding the
> customized rpm. The hdlist was also recreated.
> 
> The installer is comparing the cksum with md5sum of original iso in RH
> distribution. Can we redo the md5sum and add that info to the iso
> image before/with mkisofs? Or is there other options.

I believe you have to rebuild the isolinux image to contain the new
checksum.

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