Re: how to MD5 sum a DVD without copying it.

2009-02-12 Thread Michael Vasiliev
MD5 on the device file won't work. But this works: http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/coasterless.htm On 11/02/2009 11:41, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: Hi, I want to make an MD5 checksum of a DVD ROM to verify that it was burned properly. Is there a way to do this without making an ISO file

Re: how to MD5 sum a DVD without copying it.

2009-02-12 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 11:47:30PM +0200, Michael Vasiliev wrote: MD5 on the device file won't work. But this works: http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/coasterless.htm Thanks, I'll look at it. Well, it sort of worked. It pointed out any read errors, but it did give me a different MD5 sum.

how to MD5 sum a DVD without copying it.

2009-02-11 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
Hi, I want to make an MD5 checksum of a DVD ROM to verify that it was burned properly. Is there a way to do this without making an ISO file from it? While I obivously have to read it, I don't want to do anything with the data other than calculate the checksum. Thanks, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S.

Re: how to MD5 sum a DVD without copying it.

2009-02-11 Thread Baruch Siach
Hi Geoff, On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 11:41:23AM +0200, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: I want to make an MD5 checksum of a DVD ROM to verify that it was burned properly. Is there a way to do this without making an ISO file from it? While I obivously have to read it, I don't want to do anything

Re: how to MD5 sum a DVD without copying it.

2009-02-11 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Baruch Siach wrote: Hi Geoff, On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 11:41:23AM +0200, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: I want to make an MD5 checksum of a DVD ROM to verify that it was burned properly. Is there a way to do this without making an ISO file from it? While I obivously have to read it, I

Re: how to MD5 sum a DVD without copying it.

2009-02-11 Thread Geoff Shang
Hi, You could make an ISO image to stdout and pipe it to md5sum. This still makes the image of course but it won't take up disc space. I've not actually tried this but it should be possible. Geoff. ___ Linux-il mailing list