2009/12/3 david <[email protected]>: > > > Amos Shapira wrote: >> >> 2009/12/3 david <[email protected]>: >>> >>> I sent this message a couple of days ago,but I've now installed K3B with >>> the >>> same result. I've got two burners on the computer, one connected by >>> firewire, the other internal (pata?) and it makes no difference which I >>> use. >> >> Do you set the burning speed to lowest possible? > > 8X - well below the theoretical maximum
I'm not a hardware guru but keep hearing for years that lowest burn speeds increase chance of success and longer life of the data on the media. > >> Do you turn on "verification"? > > I've tried on and off Have you tried to md5 the media or dd it back to disk and compare to the original ISO? > >> Here is a link to a web site with improved DVD firmwares: >> http://forum.rpc1.org/portal.php it helped me get to burn DVD's >> without zone restrictions. >> > > zone restrictions on my own files??? > > Tell me this isn't true! > Again - I'm not an expert and this was done long ago, but back then the burners I needed this firmware upgrade on were burning only to a specific zone, with limited number of times you can change the zone. The firmware reset the code which counts how many times you change the zone, or something like this. Having the trouble on both burners through different bus is still very strange. Maybe worth verifying that your memory is OK (like - run memtest86 for a few days)? --Amos -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
