Nothing to do with robustness, but if you have a quart pint (liter), you cant fill a pint (liter) container with it. So when you give a program an .ISO file of a CD, and it expects one for a DVD, it can't fill a DVD with it.
On 17 dec, 10:40, klimpan <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, I will definitely try burning it onto a cd instead, they perhaps > are more robust or something. > > On 16 Dec, 23:44, mahjongg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > hmm, why are you burning the ISO to a DVD? It is intended (small > > enough) to be burned to a CD! > > No idea further why ImgBurn behaves like that, except perhaps because > > the ISO is a CD ISO, NOT a DVD ISO! > > > On 16 dec, 17:43, klimpan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Okej, so in that case, when the same thing happens on my desktop > > > computer (on both dvd-drives) the problem has to be in the dvd, or the > > > file I burned it from. I downloaded the file as a torrent and did the > > > test utorrent does to see if the file is complete. So the file shoud > > > be fine, downloaded a new one which I will test later. But i think the > > > problem lies in the burning of the DVD. I downloaded ImgBurn that has > > > a test feature, and I get the message after 29% is done, "sense > > > area......Illegal mode for this track". I get that message on all my > > > dvd's, all after 29%. Even on a dvd I tried burning with ImgBurn. What > > > am I doing wrong? Verbatim dvd's, different burning programs which > > > none of them reports any problem, burn speed set at 1x. Have I got a > > > crappy dvd burner? Never had problems before. Gonna let a friend burn > > > a dvd for me and test. > > > > On 16 Dec, 01:01, mahjongg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > ''Noticed that it say gOS 2.6.x.x. I thought the latest version was > > > > 3.0?'' > > > > > No those are two separate things, the 2.6.x.x is the Linux kernel that > > > > gOS is based on (see the technical FAQ), the gOS version should still > > > > be 3.0. > > > > > Try if the live_CD boots on another PC, perhaps at work, or at your > > > > neighbor, or friends PC. > > > > > X-windows, or the "X windows system" is the low-level graphics system > > > > for Linux systems, its the piece of software that handles driving all > > > > the different video hardware, controls the mouse cursor, and makes it > > > > possible for another piece of software, the "window manager" to create > > > > overlapping Windows, and all the other stuff that makes up a Graphical > > > > User Interface. > > > > > See: > > > > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-windows > > > > > Your initial question mentions that you have problems with the "sr0" > > > > device, which is your CD/DVD player, this error points to problems > > > > with reading data from the CD/DVD, rather than problems with the video > > > > driver. It is possible that you just have a flakey CD/DVD player, and > > > > that gOS just crashes while trying to read (boot) data. > > > > > and > > > > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Window_manager > > > > > It is rare for gOS not to be able to boot up X-windows at all, > > > > especially if not even safe mode works, as gOS uses very conservative > > > > defaults to ensure that X-windows at least runs. > > > > > On 15 dec, 19:15, klimpan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Same thing happens on my desktop with and without "safe video mode" > > > > > Noticed that it say gOS 2.6.x.x. I thought the latest version was 3.0? > > > > > Downloaded the torrent from the official site and the file name state > > > > > that it is gos 3.0. Perhaps not a dealbreaker, but I maby should try > > > > > downloading a new file and see what happens. > > > > > > On 15 Dec, 17:59, klimpan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > X-windows? Anyway I tried booting in "safe video mode" no differens > > > > > > at > > > > > > all. I also tried the other choices you got, noapic, nolapic edd=on, > > > > > > and different combinations of them, all with the same end-result. Is > > > > > > there some kind of command i can type in to start this X-windows > > > > > > thing? I'm gonna try the cd on my desktop computer to see what > > > > > > happens. > > > > > > > On 15 Dec, 11:45, mahjongg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > could be, if so gOS might be unable to start the X-windows > > > > > > > system, and > > > > > > > stops at an earlier "run-level", at which you are given a command > > > > > > > line. > > > > > > > > Try booting in "safe video mode", by pressing a function key (see > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > boot screen to see which one, I think it was F4) to enter it. > > > > > > > > On 15 dec, 08:55, klimpan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Downloaded the torrent and checked the check-sum. In > > > > > > > > windows-explorer > > > > > > > > I see 702.982kB but if i hover my mouse over the file it says > > > > > > > > 686MB > > > > > > > > which I suppose is right. Feels like gOS is loaded but in > > > > > > > > terminal > > > > > > > > mode or something, I get information about the Ubuntu website > > > > > > > > and then > > > > > > > > the command promtp "g...@gos:~$_" If I type "help" I get to see > > > > > > > > a list > > > > > > > > of commands like expected. Is there a problem with my built-in > > > > > > > > grapics? > > > > > > > > > On 15 Dec, 01:32, mahjongg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > maybe the .ISO you downloaded is corrupt, check if the > > > > > > > > > filesize > > > > > > > > > matches with what is on the thinkgos site. > > > > > > > > > > On 14 dec, 23:36, klimpan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > > > > > > I'm having problem with my live cd. > > > > > > > > > > > After a long long time with huge amonts of > > > > > > > > > > " [xxx.xxxxxx] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical > > > > > > > > > > block xxxxxx" > > > > > > > > > > I finaly get a command prompt and thats it, sometimes I'm > > > > > > > > > > able to > > > > > > > > > > type, sometimes not. What's wrong? I've tried three > > > > > > > > > > different cd's and > > > > > > > > > > different settings same thing. 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