Re: DVD burning in Core 3 with TDK IndiDVD

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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.

Have you tried different DVD media?  We have seen this type of problem,
even with name-brand, with some batches of DVD-R media.

> 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
> 
> The "-dao" flag is due to the drive reporting that it doesn't do "tao". I've tried varying the
> speed, with no luck.
> 
> And this happens with the root account (with no security error notes in /var/log/messages), so
> I don't believe this is a permissions issue.
> 
> So, does anyone have any hints for me?

Try k3b - as root to avoid possible user-problems.

Phil




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