Al Dunsmuir <al.dunsmuir <at> sympatico.ca> writes: > > Hell, we could make it the default and have a 'nocheck' parameter? > > Sounds painful on DVD media - more minutes of my life that I'm not > going to get back. > > You are forgetting the scenario where one creates install media, and > uses it on multiple installs. Once once has verified a media once, > is there really justification to re-check on every subsequent install? Actually, yes. Optical drives on different machines can easily be different enough that a disc that's readable on one (such as the one it was burned on) may not be readable on another. I've seen this on two of my machines, and always verify on each machine immediately prior to installing. The disc itself could also degrade after some months, though I haven't seen this in years since using a certain brand of CDs (mediacheck failed on one after 15 hours (!), though it passed right after burning). The only time I skip it is if an install fails for some other reason and I need to immediately repeat it on the same box. Even then I'd normally repeat the mediacheck once just to make sure that wasn't the reason for the failure. For media other than optical, the mediacheck is usually much faster, so an automatic check wouldn't be much of an issue. > Please make it optional, and not the default. "Default" implies "optional". -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
