On 12/06/2011 03:50 PM, g wrote:
> On 12/06/2011 11:26 PM, Todd And Margo Chester wrote:
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>> I am burning the iso file inside the dvd!
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> procedure is to burn an *image*. not the file. ;)
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>> I get a mountable DVD with the iso I just burned inside it!
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> because you are burning file, not image.
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> even a blank dvd is mountable.
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> either a blank dvd or a dvd with an image file, or an image burned to
> a dvd are mountable.
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> only a *burned image* is bootable.
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>> I tried booting off of SL61-DVD1.  It would not boot.  So, I could not
>> do the self check.
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> if it is *iso file*, it will not boot.
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>> It was from the host.
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> best way.
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>> k3b crashes a lot when trying to do a verify.  So I have always
>> just used the md5sum above.
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> if k3b is crashing a lot, i would suggest checking logs and contacting
> k3b support. k3b crashing a lot is not normal.
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> i am currently running sl5.5 and have great results with k3b. no crashes
> after burning over 20 cd's and dvd's. all have passed k3b's checking after
> burning.

Noticed that as well.  I just buy a big pail of DVD+R's and don't
mess with the RW anymore.  The just R's write a lot faster too.

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> only failures has been with r/w that have been rewritten over about 20 times.
> dropping write speed 1 level produces a good burn.
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Any idea what is wrong with my growisofs syntax?