-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 6 Apr 2003 15:22:59 +0200, M. Fioretti wrote: > I am trying, just to see what happens, with RH8 CDs: > > dd if=/dev/cdrom of=test.iso bs=XXXX (without mounting) > md5sum test.iso > > bs=2048 didn't match, I'm now trying with smaller BS sizes (other > worthwhile valus to try, anyone?) disc1: 668991488 / 2048 = 326656 disc2: 677511168 / 2048 = 330816 disc3: 508592128 / 2048 = 248336 > I have also realized, however, that, partly due to my own fault, we > have been mixing two quite unrelated issues here. > > 1) md5sum file.iso grants that what you downloaded is what > was put on the official servers > 2) linux mediacheck grants that what is on a CD is > installable 2) also performs a checksum check (but omits a small area where the program has the target checksum stored -- guessed operation). - -- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+kDCv0iMVcrivHFQRAjFIAKCCDYtnJqIIe/QO2qiDjLmBK8/2+wCfYl22 c1i6LlgaULNxvS+GQEVKcoM= =vCri -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
