How to remotely test the linux install CD for integrity

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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 ??

The BIOS should close the CdROM tray on start. But this is not the place to ask this question.
I guess the right place to ask would be: 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 eject -t. But I suggest using md5sum to check the cd before attempting to use it, since the cd checking mechanism could be potentially broken too, faking the test results..
@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?

Dentrasi · Answer 1 · 2010-12-06 13:38:58Z

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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.

answered Dec 6 '10 at 13:38

Dentrasi
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Belrog · Answer 2 · 2010-12-06 12:28:51Z

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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.

answered Dec 6 '10 at 12:28

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migrated from stackoverflow.com Dec 6 '10 at 11:53