[user@host Fedora16]$ md5sum Fedora-16-x86_64-DVD.iso 
bb38ea1fe4b2fc69e7a6e15cf1c69c91  Fedora-16-x86_64-DVD.iso

[user@host Fedora16]# wc --bytes Fedora-16-x86_64-DVD.iso
3757047808 Fedora-16-x86_64-DVD.iso

[user@host Fedora16]$ dd if=/dev/dvd | head --bytes 3757047808 | md5sum 
bb38ea1fe4b2fc69e7a6e15cf1c69c91  -

#!/usr/bin/env sh
# Purpose: check integrity of a burned DVD with the ISO

if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
  echo "Usage: $0 /path/to/isofile.iso"
  exit 1
fi

# the hash application to use, can be other like sha1sum, sha256sum, sha512sum, cksum
HASHAPP='md5sum'

# change if your device is different
DVDDRIVE='/dev/dvd'

# the ISO file
ISOFILE=$1

# check to see if file exists
if ! [ -e ${ISOFILE} ]; then
  echo "${ISOFILE} does not exist"
  exit 1
fi

hash_of_iso=$(${HASHAPP} ${ISOFILE} | cut -d' ' -f1)
echo "info: ${HASHAPP} of ${ISOFILE} - ${hash_of_iso}"
bytes_of_iso=$(wc --bytes ${ISOFILE})

hash_of_dvd=$(dd if=${DVDDRIVE} | head --bytes ${bytes_of_iso} | ${HASHAPP} | cut -d' ' -f1)
echo "info: ${HASHAPP} of ${DVDDRIVE} - ${hash_of_dvd}"

if [ ${hash_of_iso} == ${hash_of_dvd} ]; then
  echo "OK: ${HASHAPP} of ISO(${bytes_of_iso}) matches ${HASHAPP} of DVD(${hash_of_dvd})"
  exit 0
else
  echo "FAIL: ${HASHAPP} of ISO(${bytes_of_iso}) does not match ${HASHAPP} of DVD(${hash_of_dvd})"
  exit 1
fi