On Thu, 2004-11-18 at 18:23 -0700, Calvin Dodge wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a TDK IndiDVD CD/DVD writer (1280B) which won't write DVDs properly in Core 3.
>
> FWIW, all available updates have been applied.
>
> It WILL burn CDs just fine, but when I burn a DVD, no DVD reader of mine (including
> the aforementioned burner) can read it. I have successfully booted from a burn of
> the Core 3 DVD iso, but had to do a network install at that point, since it couldn't
> see the filesystem.
>
> I've been using cdrecord - is that a mistake? Or was the TDK the mistake, and should
> I purchase another brand? This happens with both TDK and Verbatim DVD+R disks, so I don't
> think media is an issue.
>
> The command I've been trying (with little variations after the first couple of failures) is:
>
> cdrecord -v -dao -data FC3-i386-DVD.iso
>
Maybe try:
growisofs -dvd-conpat -Z FC3-i386-DVD.iso
as is suggested in the man page for growisofs.
I do not know the full differences, but it worked for me.
HTH
Jeff
