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

[Knutsen, Mark]

If the md5sum of the .iso file is incorrect, you have a bad download and
should try again. All I can tell you is that it works for me.

If, however, the problem is with CDs burned from a known-good .iso file,
see the following:
http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/coasterless.htm

In short, adding the padsize=63s and -pad arguments to the cdrecord
program solved the problem for me.

You could also us a (perish the thought!) Windows-based ISO burner like
this one:
http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/isorecorder.htm

> -----Original Message-----
> 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.
> I have used Internet Explorer (Windows 2K), Mozilla / Download Manager
,
> curl, wget (RHEL WS 2.1) and Netscape (Solaris). I always get the same
> (wrong) output from md5sum. 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?