On 3/1/07, Alan <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> reliable and error recovery/read retry just does not work or has an > unacceptable success rate. Error recovery is done by the drive firmware and by the OS. So if you CD keeps failing you might want to check the drive, try burning at a lower rate and/or cleaning it.
When it comes to burning Fedora releases I have learned a long time ago to use the lowest possible burning speed. I still get "unable to read package xyz" errors in spite of the media passing "media test". The error typically occurs mid way or further in the installation process, well after I have stepped away from the machine. "Retry" seldom succeeds. Rather than waste hours waiting for an installation which may never finish I find network installs to be a more reliable option..
