On Monday 10 December 2007 18:52, Joe Morris (NTM) wrote:
On 12/10/2007 10:55 PM, william oakes wrote:
I have tried all suggestions. Downloaded the iso again, re-burned it at slower speeds, etc. and still wind up with a broken DVD. On attempting to install, still get message that it can't find the 10.3 repos.
Md5 hashes match after download, but don't after burning the iso to DVD.
Only the iso will match the md5 hash. It is a much more reliable test to test the DVD via the Yast media check, which obviously reads a different md5 hash made for the written DVD. There are some slight differences between the written DVD and the iso, I believe because of formatting of block sizes, or something like that. Media check utility IIRC has been available now since 9.3, and works on even the 10.3 DVD, since it retrieves info obviously on the DVD itself. Also, the 10.3 install offers to check the DVD as part of the install. So do not rely on the same md5 hash for the written DVD, it is different. If the downloaded iso matched, your download should be OK. If the disk passes the Media Check, it tests the disc (based on I assume the hash written to the disc, as well as the combination of the disc and drive reading capability (if checked on the machine being installed to). HTH.
-- Joe Morris Registered Linux user 231871 running openSUSE 10.3 x86_64
Joe, thanks. Makes sense. Dumb question, I have seen IIRC used in several posts, but I have no clue as to it's meaning or what it is, could you clarify? I'll try the media check. Thanks, Bill... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org