[plug] cd checking - use 'dd if=source of=output.iso' then md5 checksum against iso checksum?

[Andrew Furey]

> ...I thought I could just do -
> 
> dd if=source of=output.iso
> 
> and then do an md5sum on that, but it doesn't seem
> to work on any of my cds 
> at all...

Oh? Can you clarify "doesn't seem to work"? Works for
me, this is how I usually verify CDs I burn (compare
them to the ISO image I just created).

I presume that by if=source you mean the CDROM device,
eg if=/dev/hdc ?

HTH
Andrew

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