maybe not actually related, but I couldn't burn dvd's recently, however I could read them without any problem.. buying a DVD cleaner disk (which is a DVD but with a tiny brush on it) fixed the problem perfectly I don't think this is related because I assume bill can write single sided dvds (?), but it was an annoying little fact of disc burning that required something physical to be done, and actually it took me ages to get around to getting the little thing :(
On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 9:08 PM, Ben Donohue <[email protected]> wrote: > Does it burn a CD? > I"ve got a DVD drive that is faulty (i believe) because it won't burn a DVD > under Linux or Windows but will burn a CD. It's definitely a DVD writer. > What can yours do? How old is it? Under warranty? Take it back to the shop > you got it from and ask them to test it? > Ben > > > > bill wrote: > >> I've tried Kubuntu 8.04, Xubuntu 9.04 and LinuxMint7 (Ubuntu 9.04 I think) >> on different PCs with different DVD-RW drives. >> >> All drives will "copy" a double layer DVD to an .iso file, but none will >> record the .iso to an 8.4 gb double layer (single-sided) DVD+R (Teac). >> >> I've googled endlessly and while I find many with the same problem, nobody >> seems to have a solution. >> >> Many posts mention mkisofs and how it is no longer included in Ubuntu, >> having been replaced with genisoimage and I've found posts that say that >> double-layer dvd's can be burned under Suse, I havent found anything >> mentioned about being able to do the same under Ubuntu (or derivatives). >> >> My LG GSA-4613B dvd-rw sees the blank disk correctly, as do my other >> DVD-RW drives, but none will write. >> >> I have set the DVD size to 8.4gb in K3b, and I have tried Brasero and >> Gnomebaker. None will burn. >> >> Any advice or links appreciated, else I'll do a temp install of Suse to >> see if that does work. >> >> Thanks >> >> Bill >> > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
