On 12/06/2011 03:01 PM, g wrote:
> On 12/06/2011 09:55 PM, Todd And Margo Chester wrote:
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>>>>>> Would kvm have anything to do with this?
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> i do not use kvm, so i can not offer an answer.
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>
>> $ sha1sum ./SL-61-x86_64-2011-07-27-Everything-DVD2.iso
>> 0dd829f14bd32be0bb6be5feedfd97062fe45b58
>> ./SL-61-x86_64-2011-07-27-Everything-DVD2.iso
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> which shows you have a good .iso file to burn from.
>
>
>> That is not the problem.  This is the problem:
>>
>>         md5sum source.iso /dev/sr0
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> this i have never tried, tho stands to reason that it should work.
>
> now, as to '*sum' checking a burned cd/dvd, i have never had a good
> check.
>
> but, i have had cd/dvd, when booted and 'self check' was run, it return
> a good check.
>
> on fedora tsl, this has been attributed to the boot information on cd/dvd
> being different from what is in iso file.

I am burning the iso file inside the dvd!  I get a mountable DVD
with the iso I just burned inside it!

>
>
> do cd/dvd that you have burned have a 'self check', or have you
> gotten that far?

I tried booting off of SL61-DVD1.  It would not boot.  So, I could not
do the self check.

>
> in finial thoughts, when you run 'md5sum source.iso /dev/sr0', are you
> running that in a 'real' system or are you running it from kvm?

It was from the host.

k3b crashes a lot when trying to do a verify.  So I have always
just used the md5sum above.