Le Sat 28/08/2010, Stephen Powell disait > On Sat, 28 Aug 2010 19:54:01 -0400 (EDT), Tom Poe wrote: > > > > I bring up stuff on my computer, and it has an icon with CD-RW/DVD-ROM > > drive. I downloaded a lenny i386 iso image, and used brasero to burn it > > to a Memorex DVD+RW disc. I shut down computer, started computer, got a > > blinking cursor for a few seconds, and then moved to ubuntu (installed > > operating system). Does this sound like I have to go buy some other > > discs, because my drive is too old, and can't read the DVD? > > You did say in the subject line that you have a Dell computer, but other > than that you have given no hardware information. I can't say for sure, > but I had a situation where I burned a CD on one computer and the CD drive > couldn't read its own writing. But another computer could read it! > Go figure! Try burning the CD on another computer.
I also know one particular Dell model where the lenny kernel (and the installation kernel) cannot use the DVD drive. -- Erwan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100829054942.ga40...@rail.eu.org
