On Mon, 7 Oct 2002 21:56:41 -0400, Michael Fratoni wrote:
> Just as an additional data point, my cd burner (Acer 12x8x32 IDE)
> doesn't appear to handle DAO mode properly (Or I am doing it
> improperly, which is always a possibility). I am unable to get the
> md5sum from any cd I've burned. Because of this, any disk I burn fails
> the media check, however I've had no problem installing from these
> disks. I just verify the md5sum on the ISO's, and trust cdrecord to do
> the "Right Thing", since short of buying a new burner, I don't have
> another option.
You do! "readcd" from the cdrecord package. Start it and enter:
11 <RETURN>
n <RETURN>
disk.out <RETURN>
<RETURN>
<reduce total number of sectors by two> <RETURN>
<RETURN>
This will avoid the I/O errors upon reading the ISO image.
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