G T Smith wrote:

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Sunny wrote:

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On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 2:29 PM, A. den Oudsten wrote:

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3. What kind of dvd media you use - RW or W

DVD+RW

I have read a lot of complains that RW media is not good for this task. Can you try with normal blank DVD?

Usually DVD+RW/R is slightly more reliable for data burning than DVD-RW/R ...

But it might be worth checking the capabilities of the drive with.

wodim -prcap -dev=/dev/dvd

This is what I got Andredo@linux-Andre:~> wodim -prcap -dev=/dev/dvd wodim: Operation not permitted. Warning: Cannot raise RLIMIT_MEMLOCK limits.Device type : Removable CD-ROM Version : 5 Response Format: 2 Capabilities : Vendor_info : 'PHILIPS ' Identification : 'SPD2412T ' Revision : 'P1.3' Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW. Drive capabilities, per MMC-3 page 2A: Does read CD-R media Does write CD-R media Does read CD-RW media Does write CD-RW media Does read DVD-ROM media Does read DVD-R media Does write DVD-R media Does read DVD-RAM media Does write DVD-RAM media Does support test writing Does read Mode 2 Form 1 blocks Does read Mode 2 Form 2 blocks Does read digital audio blocks Does restart non-streamed digital audio reads accurately Does support Buffer-Underrun-Free recording Does read multi-session CDs Does read fixed-packet CD media using Method 2 Does not read CD bar code Does read R-W subcode information Does not return R-W subcode de-interleaved and error-corrected Does read raw P-W subcode data from lead in Does return CD media catalog number Does return CD ISRC information Does support C2 error pointers Does not deliver composite A/V data Does play audio CDs Number of volume control levels: 256 Does support individual volume control setting for each channel Does support independent mute setting for each channel Does not support digital output on port 1 Does not support digital output on port 2 Loading mechanism type: tray Does support ejection of CD via START/STOP command Does not lock media on power up via prevent jumper Does allow media to be locked in the drive via PREVENT/ALLOW command Is not currently in a media-locked state Does not support changing side of disk Does not have load-empty-slot-in-changer feature Does not support Individual Disk Present feature Maximum read speed: 8468 kB/s (CD 48x, DVD 6x) Current read speed: 8468 kB/s (CD 48x, DVD 6x) Maximum write speed: 8468 kB/s (CD 48x, DVD 6x) Current write speed: 8468 kB/s (CD 48x, DVD 6x) Rotational control selected: CLV/PCAV Buffer size in KB: 2048 Copy management revision supported: 1 Number of supported write speeds: 1 Write speed # 0: 706 kB/s CLV/PCAV (CD 4x, DVD 0x) I have a checked file openSUSE-11.0-DVD-i386.iso and have tried to burn a DVD as adviced with K3b, with growisofs and with Nerolinux 3 and all produced the same amount of bytes, but no booting capability. What else can I do than buying the box? André den Oudsten -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Joe Morris wrote:

On 07/12/2008 10:50 PM, A. den Oudsten wrote:

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I have a checked file openSUSE-11.0-DVD-i386.iso and have tried to burn a DVD as adviced with K3b, with growisofs and with Nerolinux 3 and all produced the same amount of bytes, but no booting capability. What else can I do than buying the box?

Is your machine setup to boot from the DVD? Check your BIOS boot order. Have you tried the disks in a different machine to verify the discs are bad?

Yes I did André -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org