PSX/PS2 dumping advice

Ok, I'm finding the guide a little obscure in places. Namely, it says "If the disc only contains a data track, you are ready to check the image for errors, head on to the step called 'Checking and repairing the data track", but there doesn't seem to be a section called 'Checking and repairing the data track'.

Anyways, here are the steps I think I need to do:

On a PSX CD with only one data track:
  1. Use ISOBuster and right-click on Track 01> Extract Track 01 > Extract RAW Data (2352 bytes/block) (*.bin, *.iso)
  2. Run Psxt001z on the dumped Track 01.bin using the command-  psxt001z.exe --fix "Track 01.bin"
  3. Run HashCalc on the dumped Track 01.bin and record the MD5, SHA1, and CRC32 values
  4. Repeat using a different CD drive and verify that results are identical
   
Do I need to do any further procedures or checks? What information from these procedures should I include for a database submission? The "Mandatory" info listed in the dumping guide is only part of what is listed in the actual game entries. So the mandatory info would be:

Nectaris: Military Madness
   Serial: SLUS-00764
   Edition: Original
   EXE Date: 1998-10-21
   Size: Bytes 485184672
   MD5: c141e27b08123e34b42f326106aba2e7
   SHA1: 1cbb529c1f42761d8b78d18770cd09fb4d5f01d6
   CRC32: 40ec65af
   Region: NTSC
   Languages: English

But should I include additional information from psxt001z like the following?:
  Sectors 206286
  Mode: 2
  EDC in Form 2 Sectors: Yes
  System Area: US EDC
  Postgap type: Form 2, zero subheader, zero data, EDC

Should I include other information which seems to be included in database entries like Pregap, Length, Anti-modchip, and LibCrypt? If so, how do I find out this info (for single data track PSX CDs)?

EDC in Form 2 Sectors: Yes
needed for 'all' psx dumps

Mode: 2
is't always mode2 for psx and ps2 cds, so its your choice to post it ,)

Sectors 206286
not needed, it will be calculated from track size you give in bytes

For Anti-modchip use:
- original modded hardware with a NONE stealth modchip
or
- an emulator, and boot it with a 'wrong' bios

More specifically you should use pSX, because ePSXe apparently ignores the region of the BIOS and the game always boots.

This reminds me that I should check my old PSX dumps for anti-mod protection...

I believe it comes always(?) directly after the boot screen.

It's indeed a human error,
but only when you take it from IsoBuster with default settings or from Windows explorer

You have now a chance to check it with the new psxt001z, use psxt001z.exe image.bin function

psxt001z by Dremora, v0.21 beta 1

File: Track 01.bin
Size (bytes):   697459728 (OK)
Size (sectors): 296539 (OK)
EDC in Form 2 sectors: NO
ID: SCES-02622
Date: 2000-01-11
System area: Eu NoEDC

Or, use follows settings in IsoBuster

And twice dumping is enough, I personality had never different results on DVDs, it can only happen when you try to dump scratched discs.

Alternative Title would be the Japanese Title for Japanese games.  You can see some examples of this in the database already.  Those have a 2nd title under them.

Ring, is whatever info is written on the inside of the disc.  If you look at them upside down, you'll see that around the inner part of the disc, you'll see some letters and numbers.

edk2 is exactly that.  The hashes reported on emule/edonkey.

DOL MD5 I believe is for Gamecube games (probably Wii?).  Don't quote me on that though.

My guess is write everything that you find, as it may be added later into the database.  I don't think it matters much how you write them, as long as you separate them..  The way I added mine was
"IFPI L332/PDSS-XXXXXXXXXXX/1/A04" as an example.  If you find any more stuff written, just keep writing it, but make sure you separate them.  Better to have everything now, even if it's useless, than having to go back and get the stuff later down the road.