trouble installing FC5 - dont believe media check fail!

[Kam Leo]

On 4/22/06, Kam Leo <kam.leo at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/22/06, Russell Golden <dragonite.wylie at verizon.net> wrote:
> > Kam Leo wrote:
> >
> > >On 4/19/06, Russell Golden <dragonite.wylie at verizon.net> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >>Kam Leo wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>On 4/17/06, David Timms <dtimms at bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>Russell Golden wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>>I downloaded Fedora Core 5 via BitTorrent, and when I burned the CDs and
> > >>>>>tested them, three of the five failed the media test. So I deleted the
> > >>>>>images off my hard disk and redownloaded, again via BitTorrent. The same
> > >>>>>three CDs failed the checksum again. Has anyone else had this problem,
> > >>>>>is the BitTorrent download corrupted, or is it just me? (please tell me
> > >>>>>it's just me)
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>1. What you should do is run the checksums on the iso file *before*
> > >>>>bothering to burn the CD.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>2. The CD's media check fails sometimes even on good CD's.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>3. Use the CD's you first made; unless you have a near to failing CD
> > >>>>drive, it is highly likely that the CD's you already made are right to go !
> > >>>>
> > >>>>4. see http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=111952741800002&r=1&w=2
> > >>>>and also the fedora-test list for more recent discussions.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>Also burn at a slower speed. Your burner may be able to read/write
> > >>>media at 48x, but it does not mean that the installer drive will be
> > >>>able to read them. Believe me, I have created enough coasters because
> > >>>I did not pay attention and let the burner software use the default
> > >>>writing speed.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>the computers in my house, except for my laptop, are crap. My max
> > >>writing speed is 24x (laptop), the other computer with a burner writes
> > >>at 12x. the laptop reads at 24x, the others read at 32x (yeah, newer
> > >>computer, slower drive. go figure). would it be better to write with the
> > >>12x drive?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >Yes, it would. Why? Because the 12x drive has the poorer/older
> > >algorithms for writing to various media. The laptop's drive, being
> > >newer, probably has improved electronics and read/write algorithms.
> > >Unless you have a dog of a drive the laptop drive can more readily
> > >read the older drive's output than the other way around.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > now /that/ makes sense. hm... my laptop dual boots Winblows XP and RHL9.
> > The ones i've already burned were from XP. Since Red Hat Linux 9 is like
> > five years outdated, if I burned the ISOs using the software on it (i
> > haven't updated anything on that OS) with the newer drive, would it be
> > still be difficult for the older drives to read?
> >
> > --
>
> Don't make more coasters. Try a different method of installation, e.g.
> NFS, FTP or even from the local hard drive. Check Fedora Forms and

Should be Fedora Forums.

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