Re: strange cd problem

2003-10-24 Thread Bob Hemus
dep wrote: quoth Mike Reinehr: | The universe doesn't hate you -- it just doesn't care! ;-) that's always been pretty much my view -- but today there's abundant evidence that it is actually going out of its way to dig little potholes specifically for me. For years as a jr hi teacher I told my k

Re: strange cd problem

2003-10-23 Thread dep
quoth Mike Reinehr: | Following up on what Net Llama & Roger have said, what type of CD is | it, CD-R or CD-R/W? Have you noticed your CD drive laboring to read | the CD, i.e., seeming to thrash and then failing? I have a CD reader | that is only about a year or so old, which can not read CD-R/W's,

Re: strange cd problem

2003-10-23 Thread dep
quoth Mike Reinehr: | The universe doesn't hate you -- it just doesn't care! ;-) that's always been pretty much my view -- but today there's abundant evidence that it is actually going out of its way to dig little potholes specifically for me. -- dep Writing takes no time. It's finding someth

Re: strange cd problem

2003-10-23 Thread Mike Reinehr
The universe doesn't hate you -- it just doesn't care! ;-) mike On Thursday 23 October 2003 09:17 am, you wrote: > i never did anything to anger the universe. i do not know why the > universe seems to set on ruining me. -- Debian 'Sarge': Registered Linux User #241964 "More laws, less just

Re: strange cd problem

2003-10-23 Thread dep
quoth Roger Oberholtzer: | Is your cd reader happy with other CDs burned by the burner? What | speed was it burned at? Not-so-very-old CD readers can have trouble | reading CDs burned 'fast' on some other burner. problem is, this is the only cd i have that was burned on that machine, which was a

Re: strange cd problem

2003-10-23 Thread Mike Reinehr
Following up on what Net Llama & Roger have said, what type of CD is it, CD-R or CD-R/W? Have you noticed your CD drive laboring to read the CD, i.e., seeming to thrash and then failing? I have a CD reader that is only about a year or so old, which can not read CD-R/W's, no matter how slowing bu

Re: strange cd problem

2003-10-23 Thread Roger Oberholtzer
Is your cd reader happy with other CDs burned by the burner? What speed was it burned at? Not-so-very-old CD readers can have trouble reading CDs burned 'fast' on some other burner. On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 08:40:13 -0400 dep <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > greets, folks! > > this one is kind of weird.

Re: strange cd problem

2003-10-23 Thread Net Llama!
On Thu, 23 Oct 2003, dep wrote: > quoth Net Llama!: > > | A bad CD, or failing HW. Something is failing when attempting to > | read or write the data. How are you copying the data? If not with > | the command line, then i'd suggest trying that, and checking dmesg or > | messages for useful error

Re: strange cd problem

2003-10-23 Thread dep
quoth Net Llama!: | A bad CD, or failing HW. Something is failing when attempting to | read or write the data. How are you copying the data? If not with | the command line, then i'd suggest trying that, and checking dmesg or | messages for useful errors. it says, at the prompt, "input/output e

Re: strange cd problem

2003-10-23 Thread Net Llama!
On Thu, 23 Oct 2003, dep wrote: > greets, folks! > > this one is kind of weird. i have a cd, burned by a friend, containing > data in mbox format that i really need to get to. > > i can open the cd in, say, midnight commander, and can view the files, > no problem. but if i try to copy those files t

strange cd problem

2003-10-23 Thread dep
greets, folks! this one is kind of weird. i have a cd, burned by a friend, containing data in mbox format that i really need to get to. i can open the cd in, say, midnight commander, and can view the files, no problem. but if i try to copy those files to the hard drive, i get an "input/output"