On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 23:18 -0400, BandiPat wrote: > On Thursday 16 August 2007, James Tremblay wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 14:25 +0100, Dave Howorth wrote: > > > James Tremblay wrote: > > > > Hello all, could anyone tell me if they have experienced issues > > > > with older cdrom drives not particularly liking "burned" cd's of > > > > linux? I have a stack of IBM xseries 305 servers and I frequently > > > > have issues with SLE cd's that I burn, I use the same burner and > > > > download methods as I did with Netware , I though at first it was > > > > the linux tools so I rebooted and burned a copy in Windows, still > > > > the cd has boot or copy errors, then I decided to burn a fresh > > > > netware 6.5 disk but it booted and copied files just fine. I got > > > > new SLE iso's from another computer and burned those on that > > > > machine still varying issues with boot and file copies. Any > > > > Ideas. > > > > > different burners too, IBM multiburners as well as generic hitachi > > -- > > James Tremblay > ----------- > > This is not an abnormal experience. One of the biggest reasons I've > seen this is due to the faster burning rates of the newer drives > compared to the slow read speeds of the older drives. Sometimes > burning at a much slower speed, 6 or under, will allow the old drives > to read the media again. This may be partly also due to the media > produced to allow faster burns. A cleaning disc may be helpful if the > drives have not been cleaned in a very long time. > > Regards, > Lee
Thank You, I had not thought about write speed ;) I will try it out. -- James Tremblay Director of Technology Newmarket School District Newmarket,NH http://en.opensuse.org/Education "let's make a difference" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
