User Feedback :: 0.8.1

I tried burning dsl 0.8.0 with the same stuff. That worked fine and now I have a copy of dsl 0.8.0 to give a stranger if they happen to ask for one (and I have seen people looking longingly at my CD).

I checked the md5sum one more time in dsl 0.8.0 ( again I got 51d7c3971c67523559024fcd482f2f2f70, same as in the dsl-0.8.0.iso.md5.txt file)and burned a CD of the 0.8.1 iso with cdrecord. That also didn't work (dropped me right into Windows ME.

I'm on a Dell dimension 4100.

I don't know if this thread belongs in feedback or not, but I figured others might be having the same problem. Aparently not.

cd2iso will calculate the md5sum of a cd
if it's the same as the iso
then the cd was burned perfectly

if the md5sum is different, it might still be a good burn
but it probably would indicate the cd has write errors

http://www.dubaron.com/cd2iso/

burncdcc can test the cd if you check the Read Verify box
all it does is burn iso's, so you can't burn
a data cd by mistake

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/burncdcc.html

Have you tried your 0.8.1 disk in another computer, just to make sure
the media didn't have a flaw?

73
ke4nt

I have no other computer to try it in.

I downloaded 0.8.1.1 and the same thing happened: I booted right into Windows Me. The md5sum of the iso file was right on. The funny thing is 0.8.0 works fine, even the burn I made in the middle of those other burns.

I want to check the md5 of the disks I've been burning, I think that's a good idea. Rather than using my burning software, though, I wanted to use DSL. When I tried:

dd /dev/cdrom1 of=test.iso

I got the error "dd: /dev/cdrom: Input/output error" This happened even if I used a known good disk. Mounting the drive and trying to use /mnt/cdrom said "/mnt/cdrom is a directory." Is there a correct way to create an iso image from the cd so I can check it?

Yes, the new USB script doesn't run as root and fails to format the USB pendrive. Up until that point it ran fine.

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