At 1:25 AM -0400 8/26/06, Rick Bilonick wrote: ... >...So I >think the main culprit is the DVD burner. I think I have the following >options: 1) replace the old cdrom/dvd (non DVD burner) drive, 2) try to >install over my network (but I've never done this), 3) try to copy the >iso to the hard drive - but the system is in an unbootable state so I >don't know if this is now possible - but maybe I could do this using the >Suse Live disk - I get a network connection, and 4) create bootable CDs >instead of one DVD and see if the drive still fails. > >Any other suggestions would be appreciated. Use different media, either a different brand or a different type. If you are using DVD+Plus media, definitely try DVD-Dash media, as some burning software doesn't know about DVD+Plus (and apparantly some burners try to cope with DVD-Dash commands burning DVD+Plus media). Upgrade your burner's firmware, from the manufacturer's (vendor's) web site. Such upgrades will teach the burner about current media characteristics. Even a "new" burner should be upgraded, and a "new" burner can easily be over a year old. Burn at a lower speed. The .isos must be on a hard drive somewhere. Fedora can read them across a network via NFS or HTTP (if you serve them), or locally from EXT2/3 or from FAT32. ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ' <http://www.georgeanelson.com/>
