[Sussex] iso checksums

Vic lug at beer.org.uk
Mon Sep 25 09:31:24 UTC 2006


> I downloaded ISOs for Fedora 5, which my reading suggested was the most
> appropriate distro for the likely use of the machine, and when I sha1sum
> them I get the right checksums. But when I try to install the media check
> rejects 3 out of 5 of the burnt discs as corrupt.

Try booting the installation disks with "linux hdc=nodma" (assuming your
CD is on hdc) - there have been problems with DMA on CD drives leading to
inaccurate data...

Vic.





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