On Thu, 2004-11-11 at 00:30 -0800, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote: > I'm trying to burn a DVD for installing FC3. I've downloaded > FC3-i386-DVD.iso using BitTorrent; it checks OK comparing the > accompanying md5 file MD5SUM. > > I've tried to burn a DVD using k3b; so far I've made 4 such DVDs. > Unfortunately, these DVDs are all bad. K3b indicates a comparison > failure, and invoking "linux mediacheck" on booting from the DVD > indicates the same thing. Some of the DVDs won't boot at all. > > The CD/DVD drive is a LITE-ON DVDRW SOHW-1633S. The DVD blanks are > Memorex 4X DVD-R. K3b was running in "Auto" speed burning some DVDs and > in "4x" speed burning others. > > Does anyone know what the problem might be? Any idea on how to cure > it? Different brand of DVD blanks? Clean the drive? Whatever? I have the exact same model of DVD burner running on FC3 with no issues. I've burned a stack of 25 FC3 DVDs using TDK 4x DVD+R media with no problems so far. I did notice a number of issues burning CDs and DVDs on FC2 just before I switched over to FC3 (which I did at Test3). This was particularly true when running K3B - it just acted outright "goofy" at times. It could be something there. K3B seems much more stable on FC3 though. I'll be switching over to Memorex 8X DVD+R media shortly and will post if I run into any troubles. Sorry I couldn't help more, but perhaps my info will jog someone else's memory or at least get you headed in the right direction. Cheers, Chris -- ==================================== "If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' someone else's dog around." --Cowboy Wisdom
