It has worked for me in the past. {^_^} ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Krider" <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > On Sat, 2003-04-05 at 02:47, jdow wrote: > > Use MD5SUM on the /dev/cdrom device. > > {^_^} > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "M. Fioretti" <m.fioretti@xxxxxxxxx> > > > > > I am looking for a *generic* way to verify > > > on *linux* if a generic CD I got, already burned, matches the ISO > > > checksum which I found online. > > Just using md5sum on /dev/cdrom WILL NOT WORK. The actual burned CD > image is different from the iso file, but I don't know why. Even using > md5sum on the SAME CD between 2 different drives will give you different > answers. I know these things because I just tried this yesterday because > I wanted to do the same thing Marco wants to do. I *know* I saw the > proper way to do this online somewhere, but I can't find that > information now. It was something about doing a dd out to a loopback and > using md5sum on that??? > > Unless someone can post the definitive way to do this, the best thing > you can do, unfortunately, is indeed, like others have said, boot the > image and perform the tests.