[ubuntu-za] Edgy CDs for the community

[Gustav H Meyer]

On 3/9/07, Morgan Collett <morgan at penguinlabs.net> wrote:
> Gustav H Meyer wrote:
>> Interesting links. Thanks. The only problem is, how do I check the MD5
>> hash of the CD after it was burnt.
>>
> That's not trivial unfortunately. dd if=/dev/cdrom | md5sum generally
> fails to give the correct answer as there is padding written to the CD.
>
> http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Wikilearn/CdromMd5sumsAfterBurning gives
> some info.

Wow, very cool and interesting. Probably the least amount of people
would go to this length but at least it's possible to check. Thanks.

Regards,
Gustav