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. -- James Tremblay Director of Technology Newmarket School District Newmarket,NH http://en.opensuse.org/Education "let's make a difference" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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 guess it depends on how old your drives, but I'm using some Compaq drives from around '99 and up with no problems.
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.
What are the specific problems you're having - older drives not being able to read the new CDs? /Per Jessen, Zürich -- http://www.spamchek.com/ - your spam is our business. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 15:03 +0200, Per Jessen 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 guess it depends on how old your drives, but I'm using some Compaq drives from around '99 and up with no problems. these are >= 5years old p4 based servers.
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.
What are the specific problems you're having - older drives not being able to read the new CDs? seems to be issues with grub and if they boot read errors
/Per Jessen, Zürich
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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 guess it depends on how old your drives, but I'm using some Compaq drives from around '99 and up with no problems. these are >= 5years old p4 based servers.
I doubt if they're giving you any problem, especially if they can read other CDs. If I were you I'd try using a different CD burner.
I though at first it was the linux tools so I rebooted and burned a copy in Windows,
FYI, I only ever use k3b for burning CDs. It has never caused a problem, whether it was a VCD for our DVD player or a mini-ISO for installing suse. /Per Jessen, Zürich -- http://www.spamchek.com/ - your spam is our business. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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.
I'm not sure I fully understood. You can read most CDs fine? You're writing some CDs on a particular burner and several machines have problems reading them? That sounds like a problem with the burner, so I'd try a different burner first. Cheers, Dave -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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.
I'm not sure I fully understood. You can read most CDs fine? You're writing some CDs on a particular burner and several machines have problems reading them? That sounds like a problem with the burner, so I'd try a different burner first.
Cheers, Dave different burners too, IBM multiburners as well as generic hitachi -- James Tremblay Director of Technology Newmarket School District Newmarket,NH http://en.opensuse.org/Education "let's make a difference"
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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 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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
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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: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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