On Sun, Apr 06, 2003 14:57:24 at 02:57:24PM +0200, Michael Schwendt (ms0301rh@xxxxxxxx) wrote: > > This is due to run-out sectors at the end of the CD. It puts more > sectors than desired into the MD5 checksum. > > You can try the following: Look up the size of the original ISO > images. Divide the size by 2048 and then use "dd" to pipe the CD > contents to "md5sum". This may or may not get rid of the I/O > errors. Most ftp server give a KB, not byte count. Is that enough? Once divided that number by 2048, how would I use it as a dd option (count=result-of-division, or something else)? > However, if you get I/O errors in either case, the CDs should have > been burnt in DAO mode or TAO mode _with_ padding. In case of the > former, you would not have any problems. In case of the latter, > you could cut sectors at the end without trouble. > How would I cut sectors, and how would I know how many? Sorry if I am thick and abusing of your patience, but since this seems to interest several other people too.... Thanks in advance, Marco Fioretti -- Marco Fioretti m.fioretti, at the server inwind.it Red Hat for low memory http://www.rule-project.org/en/ Live for the present, dream of the the future, learn from the past.
