[Grml] RC 1.1 troubles (ignore last post)
C.M. Brannon
cmbrannon at cox.net
Tue Jan 8 01:12:02 CET 2008
Michael Prokop <mika at grml.org> writes:
>
> Use readcd (something like "readcd -c2scan dev=/dev/cdrom") for
> checking the CD. md5sums sadly just aren't enough. :((
I get two "hard read errors". They occur in the last 2 sectors of the
disk (317059 and 317060).
> I strongly recommend the use of USB pens instead of CD-Rs if
> possible, otherwise fall back to higher quality CDs which are known
> to work fine with your CD burner. That's what we as grml developers
> do as well. :)
I think another option (for me, at least) is btmgr. This box has a
floppy drive on it.
Anyway, I guess the moral of the story is that the bootable CD is not
the infallible medium that I thought it was <grin>.
Thank you for the assistance,
-- Chris
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