Re: Booting to floppy first?

Seth David Schoen <[email protected]> Sun, 10 Aug 2003 09:46:23 -0700

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.bbc.general
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Rusty Ambrose writes:

> I have a Linux system that I verified the lnx-bbc.iso
> file (not on the disk, hard drive rather) and it
> matched.  I tried to do an MD5SUM on the disk, but
> could only do the individual files, not
> directories...how do I do the entire disc?

You need to checksum the block device which corresponds to the drive
where the disc is inserted.  Which device that is depends on how your
system is set up.  For example, it could be /dev/hdc for an ATAPI
CD-ROM drive which is the secondary master ATAPI device in your
system.

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