Hello! I'd also give a real cdr media a try if you have previously burned a cdrw... if you have old drives, it's very probable that they can't read cdrws, but I could even read cdrs with two old 1x-speed drives I had. And with a ten-year-old diskman, too.
Kind Regards, Stephan Hachinger ----- Original Message ----- From: "Forrest English" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 11:34 PM Subject: Re: burning potato iso's for an older CDROM > are you reffering to a cdr-drive? or a cdr cd? i ment the cd in case i > said somthing stupid. > > the drives, it doesn't matter. > > some cdroms are to old for rw's, but can read once write just fine. i'd > give that a shot. but i mean, my thinkpad's cdrom is to old to read cdrs > or cdrws, and it's annoying. cause i have to do floppy installs. and i > don't HAVE any pressed cds. > > -- > Forrest English > http://truffula.net > > "When we have nothing left to give > There will be no reason for us to live > But when we have nothing left to lose > You will have nothing left to use" > -Fugazi > > On Tue, 27 Feb 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > does it matter that it was burned on a cdrw instead of a cdr? > > > > On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, Forrest English wrote: > > > > > you can't. if the cdrom is to old to read burns. it's just to old to > > > read burns. :( > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Forrest English > > > http://truffula.net > > > > > > "When we have nothing left to give > > > There will be no reason for us to live > > > But when we have nothing left to lose > > > You will have nothing left to use" > > > -Fugazi > > > > > > On Tue, 27 Feb 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > > I have an oold cdrom that seems to work fine with commericial CD's. > > > > > > > > Reads rh6.x and windows install cd's fine > > > > > > > > It will not read the debian potato CD i burned off the web > > > > fyi: this same CD works read/boots fine in my newer CD-ROM > > > > > > > > How can i burn the ISO image so the old drive will read it? > > > > mode1? 2? > > > > cdrecord and adaptec easyCD creater instructions would be helpful > > > > > > > > thank you > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
