Thank you Thomas for suggesting things to try. > ... spoil your joy of success Let us not digress too much - remember my definition of success: # cdrecord dev=3,0,0 speed=2 driveropts=burnfree image.iso
>>> try to burn it via growisofs >> I have no idea how long it took > Probably rather 4 to 5 hours I agree, but should only take 30 minutes, with no errors. > Does it mount? Yes, I can see all of my files on the Windows machine too. > Can you read all 7634768 blocks? Wow, dd is really slow. I am still waiting for results.