> -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jean-Rene Cormier > Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 1:34 PM > To: For users of Fedora Core releases; erik@xxxxxx > Subject: Re: Burning DVDs > > On Sun, 2005-07-17 at 06:45 +0200, Erik P. Olsen wrote: > > On Sat, 2005-07-16 at 18:30 +0200, Colin Brace wrote: > > > Jean-Rene Cormier wrote: > > > > > > >This is something that's been bugging me for a while, > when I burn > > > >DVDs on my FC4 (was FC3 before) box I can't read them on my IBM > > > >laptop that's running WinXP. I burned the FC3 and FC4 > DVD ISOs from > > > >that box and I can read them fine from the laptop but > anything else doesn't seem to work. > > > > > > > >I tried creating ISOs with mkisofs and burning them through > > > >cdrecord and using K3B to burn stuff and I get the same > results. Is > > > >there something I should know when burning DVDs? > > > > > > > > > > > I encountered a similar problem with my laptop (not an > IBM), and it > > > turned out that its slimline DVD drive could only read > DVD R+ disks, > > > not DVD R- disks. Just an idea. > > > > Isn't it the other way around? My two ThinkPads 600E and T40 only > > reads DVD-R not DVD+R. > > I doubt it's a DVD-R/+r thing, I tried one DVD-R I burned in > my Dell laptop and it couldn't read it either, also tried it > in my roommate's computer, his DVD drive couldn't read it but > his DVD burner (which is the same as mine) could. Though both > laptop can read the FC3 and FC4 DVD-Rs I burned with that > same burner and the DVD-Rs came from the same package. I'll > try a DVD-RW to see what it does. > It almost sounds like you have burnt a multi-session DVD which is why a burner can read it. When you put it in a burner, does it give you the option of closing the Disk to prevent further writing to it (which will then make it readable in a normal DVD reader) Regards Chris
