Novell SLES10, 64 bit install media

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Are you not able to boot from CD1, or is the only problem here the md5sum?

On Thu, 15 Feb 2007, Dan Martin wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I'm having trouble creating the first install CD for
> SLES10, 64 bit.
>
> CDs 2 thru 4 are fine.
> md5sum /dev/cdrom   returns the correct sum for CD2 thru CD4.
>
> After downloading CD1,
> md5sum SLES-10-AMD64-EM64T-CD1.iso
> returns the correct sum.
>
> Only after creating the CD do I have problems--
> md5sum /dev/cdrom
> md5sum: /dev/cdrom: Input/output error
>
> Suse's media check from the install menu passes for CDs
> 2 thru 4, but fails reading sector 346,432 on CD1.
>
> I've tried 3 different CD writers, 2 under windows and
> one on Linux.  The Windows program reports a failure on
> CD1 (but creates CD2-4 ok).  The CDRW on linux finishes
> CD1 without reporting an error, but the md5sum is wrong.
> I'm not familiar with the details and options that I might
> try on the CD writing programs.
>
> CD1 is larger than the others, so I'm guessing that might
> contribute to the problem.  I dd'd the contents of CD1
> back to a disk file, and dd created a disk file of
> 693221376 bytes.  It should be
> 709601280 bytes (676.7 MB)
>
> Any advice on how to write the CD?
>
> Many thanks,
> Dan Martin
>
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