Re: md5sum a dvd?

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Author: Kenneth
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: md5sum a dvd?
I always thought you could md5sum the device, but when I tried that on the
Ubuntu CD it gave a different sum, even though their self-check was ok, so
I'm not sure any more.


--- Dazed_75 <> wrote:

> I downloaded ubuntu-6.06.1-dvd-i386.iso and verified the md5sum against
> that
> listed at the download site. I then burned the DVD and got no errors. One
> nice thing ubuntu has in the 6.06 release is a menu option (on booting the
> CD/DVDs) to verify the CD/DVD content. When I tried this, it shows errors
> for some files.
>
> Surely there could be a problem with the burn, but I was wondering if there
> is any way to md5sum the DVD? The only thing I could think of is to make a
> .iso from it and I do not know if that would even be expected to reproduce
> the original iso and match its sum.
>
> I realize I probably need to burn another DVD, but the question is still a
> valid one.
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