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RobF

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Registered: 2006-10-10

Posts: 157

md5 checksum of an ISO burned to CD - SOLVED

How do I get the md5 checksum of an ISO image (e.g. a Linux live distro) after it has been burned to a CD-R?

I've tried 'md5sum /dev/cdrom' and 'md5sum /dev/sr0', both as user and as root.  Rarely, this has worked and given me the correct checksum off the disc.  On other occasions I got an incorrect checksum even when Nerolinux (my burning program) had verified the disc.  But most of the time I get an I/O error after several minutes of reading the CD.

Last edited by RobF (2007-03-09 00:45:31)

waltm

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From: alabama

Registered: 2006-03-21

Posts: 69

Re: md5 checksum of an ISO burned to CD - SOLVED

checkout this url:
http://www.brunolinux.com/01-First_Thin … d_CDs.html

RobF

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Registered: 2006-10-10

Posts: 157

Re: md5 checksum of an ISO burned to CD - SOLVED

Thanks, this is just what I wanted!  It works great!