Bug 2756

Summary:	rawrite should have an option to verify a written image
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	tristan.greaves
Component:	installer	Assignee:	David Lawrence <dkl>
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Version:	6.0
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Description tristan.greaves 1999-05-12 11:53:06 UTC

Even on disks formatted under Windows NT, there have been
occasions when the Redhat 6.0 install has given the
message "Boot failed" while in the "Loading vmlinuz..."
stage.

Using another disk, or re-formatting and rawriting again
will fix the problem.  It appears something is being very
sensitive, so it would be nice if rawrite had an option to
verify that an image has been correctly written to disk.

Comment 1 David Lawrence 1999-05-13 21:41:59 UTC

Thank you for your suggestion. It has been noted and will be
considered for the next release.