From: Steffen Wirth (s.wirth_at_ullrich-gruppe.de)
Date: Thu Jan 12 2006 - 12:17:43 CET
Message-ID: <43C63AD7.1040703@ullrich-gruppe.de> Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 12:17:43 +0100 From: Steffen Wirth <s.wirth@ullrich-gruppe.de> Subject: Re: [suse-sles-e] How to check ISOs and CDs with checkmedia
Lars Müller wrote:
>On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 10:58:52AM +0100, Steffen Wirth wrote:
>
>
>>Kim johansen wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>Maby you got a corrupt cd?
>>>
>>>check md5sum of the cd
>>>#md5sum /dev/cdrom
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>I check it currently, but I cannot find the original checksum from
>>Novell/SuSE. Somebody says that it is in the announcement, but i didnt
>>find it! Has somebody the checksums?
>>
>>
>
>At least with SLES 9 SP 3 it's possible to check ISOs and CDs with
>checkmedia. The checkmedia package is available starting with SuSE
>Linux 9.3. For other products please check
>[http|ftp]://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/lmuelle/ or SuSE any mirror.
>
>See /usr/share/doc/packages/checkmedia/README for how this tool works.
>The checksums are _not_ included with the checkmedia package. Newer
>product ISOs/ CDs have the the md5sum included in a 512 byte range
>reserved for application specific use. By this you don't have to update
>the tool any time a new product was released. This tool also works with
>self created ISO images. Even if they are bigger than the original
>files.
>
>As a user you have to call
>
>checkmedia /path/to/the/SLES9-SP-3-arch-...iso
>
>or
>
>checkmedia /dev/cdrom
>
>For products where checkmedia doesn't work we provide the md5sums at the
>download page at http://download.novell.com/ Look for a section titled
>'MD5 Verification Number:' after you authenticated for the download.
>
>Steffen: If possible start your installation with the SP 3 CDs and not
>the GA version. The SP 3 CDs provide an enahnced kernel for the
>installation and the installed system.
>
>
I tried to download the Service Pack CDs, but Novell say that it
currently not to download. And I am only find SP2. I think you mean it!
>Lars
>
>
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