What does the DVD media check if installing a new Fedora version? / Proposal

[Clyde E. Kunkel]

On 08/13/2010 04:32 AM, Joachim Backes wrote:
> Hi,
>
> having the following question: What does the DVD/CD media check exactly
> if booting a Fedora DVD/CD? Is it the sha256sum? If yes, why this media
> check, because it could be done after having burned the DVD?
>
> If not, is it possible to perform this media check immediately after
> having burned the DVD (means: can I start the media check from that
> freshly burned DVD?)
>
> Proposal: If not, it would be nice if the media checker would be placed
> on the DVD for running in normal mode after the DVD has burned - perhaps
> allowing to check both an i386 and x86_64 install DVD.
>
> Kind regards
>
>

k3b has a verify written data checkbox.  I use it to check and skip the 
DVD media check after booting the DVD.