md5sum, ISO files and Redhat 8

[Vern W Heesch]

On Tue, 15 Oct 2002 22:07:49 -0400
kwall at kurtwerks.com wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 09:56:13PM -0400, Tim Wunder wrote:
> > On Tuesday 15 October 2002 20:34, Keith Morse wrote:
> > > On Tue, 15 Oct 2002, Tim Wunder wrote:
> > <snip>
> > > > So, I decided to try the disks anyway to see what would happen. As it
> > > > turns out, RedHat provides a disk check at the beginning of the install
> > > > process. I put each of the 3 disks thru redhat's disk check, and each
> > > > passed the test. 
> > <snip>
> > > At this point, I be interested to know if the "media check" option when
> > > booting from the cd would complain about the cd's you burned.
> > >
> > 
> > Um, well, um, no, the media check didn't complain about the disks, they all 
> > passed the media check test (which, according to the RedHat docs, is an 
> > md5sum check).
> 
> Well, ditch Red Hat 8.0? ;-)
> 
> Kurt
> -- 
This confuses me. How can you rely on an md5sum check from the Redhat disc during install? How do you know that part of the disc isn't bad to start with?