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Date:      Fri, 4 Dec 2009 21:34:13 -0800 (PST)
From:      James Phillips <anti_spam256@yahoo.ca>
To:        Al Plant <noc@hdk5.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [Solved] Having problems burning a DVD
Message-ID:  <853320.94407.qm@web65511.mail.ac4.yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <4B19627F.7020908@hdk5.net>

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=0A=0A--- On Fri, 12/4/09, Al Plant <noc@hdk5.net> wrote:=0A=0A> From: Al P=
lant <noc@hdk5.net>=0A> Subject: Re: [Solved] Having problems burning a DVD=
=0A> To: "James Phillips" <anti_spam256@yahoo.ca>=0A> Cc: freebsd-questions=
@freebsd.org=0A> Received: Friday, December 4, 2009, 12:26 PM=0A> James Phi=
llips wrote:=0A<SNIP!>=0A> > I noticed that the hash does not match the ISO=
 file.=0A> Is that normal for DVDs? For CD images I often get the md5=0A> h=
ash to match.=0A<SNIP!>=0A> Aloha JP,=0A> =0A> This is what I use on FreeBS=
D from the command line to burn=0A> DVD's.=0A> I have used it on FreeBSD 8*=
 for a while. (Simple and it=0A> works.)-=0A> =0AYes, I got that far, hence=
 the [Solved] tag.=0A=0AI was mainly concerned that I made a mess of my /bo=
ot/loader.conf=0A=0AI am also a little concerned that the DVD only reads a =
~1.5MB/s (a little faster than 1x), but it appears to work. Burning happene=
d at ~7x according to growisofs.=0A=0A> =0A> Then> Run # growisofs -dvd-com=
pat -Z=0A> dev/cd0=3D/usr/home/alp/FreeBSD_7/7.2-RELEASE-p1-i386-disc1.iso=
=0A> (all on one line)=0A> =0A> Then> Use=A0 cd0 as a DVD burner and make t=
he DVD-R=0A> =0A> I tested the DVD on a spare box and it installed just=0A>=
 fine.=0A> =0A=0AI found out why the checksum didn't match: the "-dvd-compa=
t" option adds 6 2048 byte sectors of zeros to the end of the disk.=0A=0ASo=
, I was able to verify the md5 sum by reading only the number of sectors pr=
esent in the iso file.=0A=0A$ dd if=3D/dev/dvd bs=3D2048 count=3D996586 | m=
d5=0A=0AI noticed the size discrepancy while doing a binary search using th=
e iseek (dd)(and count) argument(s) to narrow down the location of the corr=
uption.=0A=0ARegards,=0A=0AJames Phillips=0A=0A=0A=0A      ________________=
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