hilare wrote:
> Thank you, Connie and Troy, for answering so fast. I
> am currently downloading the first iso image to solve
> my md5sum unfortunate experience.
> 
> 
> 
> Regarding the second point ( no problem with CDrom
> capabalities up to 800Mo write/read, either with
> W2K/Nero or various SL/Xcdroast/K3b. Currently i am
> using 700Mo certified - TDK - CDroms ):
> 

What classifies your cd's as 'certified'?  Which test did you run on them?

> 1/ i am aware that the autocheck disk is an option (
> but a strong one: the only way to skip it is to press
> a very well named button ""skip CD verification"",
> which is more than 'incentive' regarding laws and
> professional responsibility )
> 
> 2/ i am sure this is a good feature ( i used it since
> RH9 from ftp.redhat.com )
> 
> 3/ but this never had reported OK with SL for me ( RH9
> always was OK, not on the same hardware than SL, but i
> do not have this hardware anymore, nor i have the RH9
> CD ). Do you mean that you, or anybody, had success
> with it ?
> 

Yes
I knew I had already tested all of the 3.0.4 i386 CD's, but I have 
reburned another batch, and the 4.0's. Every one of 3.0.5 and 4.0 i386 
CD's have passed that test.

I don't know what else to say.

> Anyway, i am ready to provide you any information if
> you need them, in order to help you on this topic.
> 
> In particular, you guess that i am ready to burn and
> install SL305/i386 32bits (from W2K/Nero), and very
> soon SL4.1 or 4.rolling (from SL305/K3b), so, if you
> want to ask me anything for a testing purpose, feel
> free to do so, i will spent the needed time on it. I
> don't know if this is related, but i never had
> obtained the original md5sum from an iso burned ( and
> previously checked md5sum ok ), and then re-extracted
> as an image. Maybe is this an other way to say what
> Troy stated as ""Not all CD media is created equal""
> ?, but this is not explaining why RH9 CD verification
> was ok and SL never (for me).
> 

You could try burning the RH9 cd's, on the same media, in the same way, 
and see if they all pass the test.  That's the only test I can think of.

Troy
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