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Old 08-16-2009, 06:32 PM   #1
jamiehh
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Fedora 11 Media Check Failing


Hi,

I'm trying to install FC11.

I've downloaded the CD iso images and burnt them to CD, but every time the linux media check during installation fails. I know that I don't *have* to do the media check, but it's irritating me that there's something wrong. For reference, the installation *appears* to go OK - I can get the machine running.

I've downloaded the isos from several diferent repositories, am burning them from a netbook running XP home via an external USB DVD writer using Active@ Iso Burner. I have also tried Alex Feinman's Iso Recorder. This is a clean install of XP home as of yesterday morning (from a recovery CD onto a clean HDD), running nothing else other than Kaspersky IS9, Spybot S+D and Windows defender.

If I burn the iso images to a CD (from the same machine, but using the windows CD burning software)leaving them as iso images, running sha256sum on an existing FC9 installation matches the checksum published by fedora, so I know that the isos are downloading correctly.

It seems logical therefore that the error lies somewhere between the extraction and burning of the iso images by Active@ or Iso Recorder and the media check itself during installation.

Am I safe to press on and use install CDs that don't pass the media check? Is there any way that the integrity of the installation CDs could have been compromised - i.e. I'm installing a compromised installation right from the start? I guess my chief concern is to ensure that I'm installing a secure OS.

Many thanks for your help.

Cheers,
Jamie.
 
Old 08-16-2009, 07:33 PM   #2
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Can you do a media check on a different machine and then abort the install? This will check to see if you have a problem with your cd hardware or not.
 
Old 08-16-2009, 11:59 PM   #3
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this has been a very common problem with fedora . the check is VERY touchy . almost every version i have installed since 4 has failed that check .
also i would burn the cd's on a VERY slow speed
Why not use the one ( 1 ) dvd or the one(1) "live" cd instead of the 6 cd's
 
  


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