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if you do, after the completing the test - it will eject the CD.
and how are you going to reinsert the CD to complete your install? you're remote remember ??
Octopus
Posted 2010-12-06T10:33:17.123
Reputation: 173
How to remotely test the linux install CD for integrity
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As leppie says, a reboot should also fix this. Unless it's a laptop or slot style CD drive, it should be closed during POST.
Dentrasi
Posted 2010-12-06T10:33:17.123
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redShadow's answer +1
eject -t to close the tray, but the md5sum is the better method. You can get the md5 key from the distro site.
Belrog
Posted 2010-12-06T10:33:17.123
Reputation: 137
1The BIOS should close the CdROM tray on start. But this is not the place to ask this question. – None – 2010-12-06T10:36:32.467
How to do that, can you please help me out. – Octopus – 2010-12-06T10:53:14.493
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I guess the right place to ask would be: http://serverfault.com. Talking about the question, you should provide more details (which installation cd of which distro, how do you connect, etc.). If you need to close the cd tray from a Linux shell, the command is
– None – 2010-12-06T11:07:44.303eject -t. But I suggest usingmd5sumto check the cd before attempting to use it, since the cd checking mechanism could be potentially broken too, faking the test results..2@leppie: Is there any guarantee that a reboot will actually make BIOS close the CD tray, or is it just a usual by-product of POST? – Piskvor left the building – 2010-12-06T12:00:59.870
@leppie What if the drive uses a slot, rather than a tray? – Blacklight Shining – 2014-01-23T15:00:16.757