Testing iso downloads?

[Tim]

On Sat, 2006-04-29 at 02:56 -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> My bad experiences have been due to the CD driver reading past the end
> of the burned part of the CD and getting all huffy when it doesn't
> like what it sees.
> 
> The cure that has worked for me is to pad the .iso with zero blocks.
> Then the driver can read that stuff without getting indigestion.
>
> I've enclosed a script that I call "isopad".  You can use it to add
> padding (isopad + x.iso), remove padding (isopad - x.iso), or report
> padding (isopad x.iso).

I am curious why there's a need to do this externally.  Both mkisofs and
cdrecord have "padding" options.  Do they not do the trick?

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