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Re: (PPC) Latest Radeon Kernel Bug

 

On Sat, 22 Sep 2012 00:01:47 -0700
Jonathan Marsden <jmarsden@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 09/21/2012 12:03 PM, ∅ wrote:
 
> > if [ $(md5sum $iso_filename | awk '{print $1}') == $(grep powerpc MD5SUMS | awk '{print $1}') ];
>   md5sum -c <(grep ${iso_filename}$ MD5SUMS)
> seems far simpler to me 

afterwards i realized a bunch of mistakes and put this on github:
https://github.com/wxl/scripts/blob/master/make-ubuntu-iso.sh

i actually didn't know about the -c switch, but it does ultimately accomplish the same purpose.
feel free to tweak it if you like and commit the changes to github!

> Lastly, is dd really the best tool for burning images to CDs?  Isn't it
> more appropriate to use a commad-line tool designed for burning optical
> media, such as wodim or growisofs or similar, instead?

yeah wodim is probably a better choice. been doing too many usbs lately :)
i'm too tired to do any more with it now, so i pass the torch to you!

wxl 


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