AW: [rhn-users] Re: RHEL AS 4 (x86) ISO's - Disc 2 and 3 - MD5SUM Errors

[Marc]

Hi,
I had the same problem with my WS version...md5 OK...mediacheck failed. The
only thing that helped was burning the CDs only in double-speed.
After throwing lots of "media-check-not-passed-CDs" in the dustbin, I
switched to RWs.
The only thing that still annoys me is ... 4CDs .... anyone with an idea on
how to get a DVD-iso out of the 4CD isos ?

   
> On 15Mar2005 15:20, John.B.Kelly <John.B.Kelly at ul.ie> wrote:
> | With respect to Enterprise Linux 4 Advanced Server (AS), I am
> consistently
> | getting md5sum errors when I download the ISO's for disc's 2 and 3 from
> RHN.
> [...]
> | Disc's 1 and 4 are fine. CD's burned with these
> | ISO's (i.e. disc's 2 and 3) fail the media test during installation and
> do
> | not allow a successful installation. Has anybody else seen this problem?
> 
> Sort of. I have ISOs that match the md5sum values from redhat, but all 4
> of them fail the media test. I've checked that the CDs themselves match
> the ISOs by reading them back and comparing so I'm presuming that the
> checksums embedded in the media check code are busted.
> 
> I eventually proceeded on the basis that RPMs contain their own checksums
> and would show problems if they really existed, but not until I'd wasted
> a lot of time burning other CDROMs and comparing media and checksums
> and downloads.
> 
> Remark to RedHat: it is VERY VERY annoying that the media check report
> is so vague. It doesn't say "bad checksum" or "I/O error" or anything
> to suggest what might be the issue. Close to useless to the installer!