On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Hoyt wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 1:22 PM
> Subject: [expert] burning CDs
>
>
> > I have a 4x4x16 CDRW. I burned a whole bunch of Mandrake
> > 7.02 CDs and gave 'em out. Now I'm starting to get reports
> > back that they don't work. I used XCDRoast to burn 'em and
> > I verified most of 'em, and there were no errors reported
> > when burning or when checking.
> > Any ideas? I burned at full 4x speed, and some people have
> > told me they typically burn at half the maximum speed.
> > Would that help, do you think?
>
> Don't work in what way? Can't boot from CD? Can't boot from floppy? Can't
> read CD in Linux or MS Windows?
>
> Elucidate.
>
> Hoyt
>
and yes burning at 1x does help some older hardware..
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