Yes, always check both the file and then the disk you create. First, the sha1sum (or md5sum as appropriate) of the file. Next same thing but of the cd rom you created. Osvaldo writes: > Hi Dave, > > On Mon, Jun 27, 2005 at 09:27:31AM -0400, Dave Mielke wrote: > > >Or does cdrecord -v speed=8 dev=x,y,z FC.iso is not good enough? > > > > That should do. I use: > > > > cdrecord -dao dev=/dev/hdd:@ -data image.iso > > Well I would like to confirm here that if you miss the -dao option, your CD > is for the trash: I did the test, and each CD burned with the -dao option is > OK (double checked). > > > >BTW I wasn't able to check md5sum since there is only a sha1sum file on the > > >download (here belnet.be) server. > > > > There's an sha1sum command to get the SHA1 checksum of a file. Perhaps your > > current system doesn't have it. You should really find a way to verify that > > your downloads are good by verifying the checksums. > > > > It's OK: I found sha1sum in the coreutils package of my Debian. > > > Another possibility of error is the CD burning itself. That happened to me. I > > had a media check failure on the first CD, and reburning it solved the problem. > > > > Anyway I REburned them on better quality CDs. > > Thanx for your help. > > Aldo. > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com Bringing the Owasys 22C screenless cell phone to the U.S. and Canada. Go to http://www.ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more. Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://a11y.org _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list