how to MD5 sum a DVD without copying it.

[Michael Vasiliev]

MD5 on the device file won't work.
But this works:
http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/coasterless.htm

On 11/02/2009 11:41, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I want to make an MD5 checksum of a DVD ROM to verify that it was
> burned properly.
>
> Is there a way to do this without making an ISO file from it?
>
> While I obivously have to read it, I don't want to do anything with the
> data other than calculate the checksum.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Geoff.