On Sat, 2006-02-25 at 17:31 -0500, Mike A. Harris wrote: > Leon Stringer wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm trying to install FC5t3 on another computer, but I can't burn the > > ISOs. > > > > I've tried burning from GNOME and using cdrecord, e.g. > > > > cdrecord dev=/dev/hda -eject -v -dao FC-5-Test3-i386-disc1.iso > > > > (I ran this as root as it complained about setpriority when I didn't). > > > > But on the resulting CDs some files can be copied but other's result in > > I/O errors. Last time I posted about verifying CDs I was told that this > > process was unreliable. > > > > So we have unreliable CD burning and no reliable way to verify them. > Works for me, using nautilus on FC4. Everything worked and all disks were usable. > Yes, rather irritating. ;) > > > And I have a half-installed computer. > > > > Does anyone have any tips for successful burning of ISOs? (I'm burning > > from an up-to-date FC5 test installation). > Try burning at lower speeds. When FC3 came out there were a lot of complaints from people about cd quality when using the max possible speed. When the suggestion was made to try lower speeds the complaints stopped. I can only assume the results were favorable. > I'll get burned at the stake for this answer, but in lieu of additional > conditions being specified which limit the number of available responses > to a specific range.... > > Use Nero Burning ROM in Windows XP. It more or less "just works" every > time. > > > Will CD burning ever "Just Work"? > > In Linux, I'm starting to think the answer is "no". I got my first > CD burner about 7-8 years ago, and used it in Linux for many years. > I also used CDRWin and another app I forget the name of now in Windows > occasionally when I wanted to burn DAO mode, but once DAO mode was > supported in Linux on my burner, I stuck with Linux burning using > xcdroast for a very long time. > xcdroast quality went away for me around FC1 time. I struggled with it and finally switched to k3b full time with FC2. No complaints since. > Then at some point, something changed in the kernel which broke CD > burning for me, and it wasn't fixed for months. During that time, > I switched to using CDRwin for everything in Windows again. It > was frustrating rebooting just to burn a CD, but necessary. > > Then, cd burning worked again. Yay! Only it failed randomly sometimes > for some reason that I couldn't figure out. Eventually I discovered > it was because of autorun or magicdev or something like that, so I > blew those away and it worked again. Then, if I tried to mount a > CD on CDROM unit #2, it would fry the burn happening on CDburner > unit #1 (both on same IDE cable). > That happens, and I used to get exactly the same with burning and using another cd device on windows. (I have not tried cd burning in Windows for over 2 years so I do not know the state there now.) The IDE bus apparently cannot handle 2 devices that way. > Ever since then, which was around RHL 7.1 or maybe 7.2, CD burning > has been working then broken, then working, then broken, etc., at > least for me. I've tried 3 different burners, one a DVD burner, and > have experienced unreliable behaviour which I considered unacceptable. > Each time, I scan the lists and bugzilla and find various reports of > problems, and then just work around it temporarily by rebooting a box > into XP and using Nero or CDRwin. As much as I hate Windows totally, > I don't remember the last time I burned a frisbee in the evil > proprietary OS. > > It's been about 6 months since I tried in Linux, on FC4, so I'm not > sure what the current state is like. Rather than finding out by > endlessly experimenting, I've just kept using Nero in XP, as it > doesn't seem to vary over time, even with various OS updates, etc. > > All I can say is that hopefully all of the different aspects of > why cd/dvd burning in Linux is currently a bumpy ride for at least > some people, eventually get worked out, whatever the root cause(s) > happen to be. > > Another option for me I suppose, would be to set up an older machine > running RHL 7.0 or whatever the last version was that worked flawless > for me, and just leave it at that OS version forever just to burn > CDs with. ;o) > > > > Yours depressed and surrounded by corrupt CDs, > > Sometimes it is the media, and other times it may be the burn speed > too. Try different speeds, and different media. I find that once > I've found solid media, if I stick to that same brand for a long time, > I end up making almost zero frisbees.... unless I try to burn in > Linux. > YMMV, but I have not even booted to Windows with a cd burner available on that OS for over 2 years. Factors involved are media quality, burner quality, memory available, activity (both on the system as a whole and on the file system), how you are burning (on the fly or from an image), and probably more. A critical one is the speed of your system and amount of memory available. > HTH. > > > > -- > Mike A. Harris * Open Source Advocate * http://mharris.ca > Proud Canadian. > -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list