FC4 mediacheck errors

[Paul Howarth]

Bob Parker wrote:
> Thomas Taylor wrote:
> 
>> On Monday 20 June 2005 01:01, Bob Parker wrote:
>>
>>> I downloaded the FC4 i386 cd isos which passed the sha1 test.
>>> I then burnt 4 cds and sha1 tested the isos on the cdr which all
>>> passed the sha1 test yet again.
>>> At install time my friend ran mediacheck on all 4 cdrs, he reports
>>> all failed the mediacheck.
>>> Next I had him check the sha1sum on cd #1 which yielded the same sum
>>> as published by the mirrors, so what gives?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Bob
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Bob:
>>
>> If the cds pass the sha1sum then they should be good.  Skip the media 
>> check, it returns a bad result depending how the cds were burned 
>> (with/without 0 padding).  This has been the situration since at least 
>> FC3.
>>
>> HTH,
>> Tom
>>
> Thanks Tom,
> They were burned with default settings so 2 x 2048 byte sectors of null 
> padding is on them.

Did you try booting with "ide=nodma" as suggested in the release notes?

Paul.