On Fri, 2006-04-28 at 14:55 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote:
LinuxMedia wrote:
> > Greetings all,
> > I have downloaded the FC5 isos and, after
> > burning the first one, I found that the media
> > check failed when I booted.
> [...]
>
> I had the same problem on my FC3 disks. But during a long google session
> that lead down a dirt road and an abondoned farm, I found this...
>
> When booting the CD, at the the prompt, type "linux mediacheck
> ide=nodma". This has always results in a succesful check for me. But
> remember, I've only used it on FC3 disks.
This is a well-known kernel problem of long standing.
Yep:
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2004-November/msg00455.html
Any time use of a CDROM drive is flakey, try turning
off DMA.
Doesn't always help:
http://www.redhat.com/archives/rhl-devel-list/2006-March/msg01191.html
Paul.