On Fri, 2006-01-27 at 14:40 -0500, Thomas Taylor wrote: > On Friday 27 January 2006 12:23, John Reiser wrote: > > Instead of using sha1sum to verify, use > > dd if=/dev/cdrom bs=2k | cmp - FC5-test1-i386-discN.iso > > and check the return code from cmp only, ignoring any complaints > > from dd. > > > > Indeed a better way to compare the iso image to a burned CD. > So I try this with an ISO burned through the GNOME interface and get: dd: reading `/dev/cdrom': Input/output error 141148+0 records in 141148+0 records out 289071104 bytes (289 MB) copied, 138.624 seconds, 2.1 MB/s cmp: EOF on - And I try this with an ISO burned with cdrecord and get: dd: reading `/dev/cdrom': Input/output error 228592+0 records in 228592+0 records out 468156416 bytes (468 MB) copied, 149.532 seconds, 3.1 MB/s cmp: EOF on - The results are very different. How do I tell it's OK? -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list