You're one of the lucky few then:P Trust me, there IS an issue with burning these cd's. The problem is simple: too much data on the first 2 cd's. I CAN burn > 650m (most anyone can). HOWEVER, when you get to the 700m mark, you run into problems, in big big ways. You HAVE to allow some sort of leeway for the cd to close. The max I've (personally) burned a cd at is 690, but I'm sure the cd can handle 700 rather easily enough.
The point is that different writers, readers handle things differently. Mine, I can go up to 700, if I chose to, but then again, you wouldn't be able to finalize that disk. The first two discs in this series are proof of that. The fact that so many (2 others just this evening, more I'm sure on the website) have had the same problem again, is proof of that. These ISO's are going to cause problems when you try to burn them. MAYBE not for everyone, but why run that risk? The solution? Simply take 10m off ISo's 1 and 2 and put it onto ISO3 (which is around 650 I believe and can easily handle the extra load). This will provide that comfort "padding" that most burners whine about. As a side note, I HAVE had this happen before with other cd's which were close to 700m (one 699 even, which TECHNICALLY fits). The prog refused to close the cd, to finalize it. Unfortunately, THIS cd had to be trashed. **shrug** On Friday 09 August 2002 04:56 am, Warly wrote: > Tom Whiting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Friday 09 August 2002 03:24 am, Robert Fox wrote: > >> Could someone shed some light on the correct command to create a set of > >> CDs from the latest Cooker (the 700MB Cds) > >> > >> Thx, > >> R.Fox > > > > According to SOME these work. Unfortunately, I'm in the boat with you > > here, and they didn't work (well, they did, but only halfway). > > > > IF you're running a linux OS already, try burning the ISO's to cd using > > your favorite cdr interface. This WILL burn all the related information > > to the CD. Unfortunately, it will NOT close the cd, meaning you won't > > have ACCESS to it anywhere except at boot (I know, it really boggles the > > mind doesn't it). At least it works that way with my cdrw. The cd's not > > closed, but it is readable somehow (??) at boot and setup time. > > > > Under Win, try the same thing, although, I'm not 100% familliar with how > > Win progs handle closing cd's, etc. > > > > The ONLY problem with the larger CD's is that you'll NEVER be able to get > > them mounted (ie: you want to upgrade/install xxx package using > > rpmdrake). > > > > Unfortunately, there's not really a lot more that can be done. Hopefully > > the gurus behind this are working on a solution for the rest of us, altho > > who knows. It does seem to be a common problem though. > > What are you talking about? I can burn, mount, umount and even do other > things with these CDs! -- ---------------------------------------------------- TJW: Head tech, Dreamless Realms Mud: http://dreamless.wolfstream.net Snippets http://dreamless.wolfstream.net/ Telnet dreamless.wolfstream.net:9275 The OLC Pages http://olc.wolfstream.net ----------------------------------------------------
