I did, I have actually solved the problem now. On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 11:11 PM, Norman Golisz <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi John, > > On Fri Nov 11 2011 16:44, Norman Golisz wrote: >> On Fri Nov 11 2011 23:07, John Tate wrote: >> > # cdio -f cd0c tao /home/john/ubuntu-11.10-desktop-i386.iso >> > cdio: The media can't be written in TAO mode >> > >> > What am I doing wrong? >> >> You don't read manuals. >> >> cdio(1): >> >> > -f device >> > Specifies the name of the CD device, such as /dev/rcd0c. Both >> > absolute and relative paths to /dev filenames are possible; the >> > raw partition name is added if needed. >> >> Meaning that when you specify "-f cd0" it internally converts it to >> "-f /dev/rcd0c". >> >> Also, you probably want to explore disklabel(8) and the difference >> between raw-level and block-level access of block devices. Read a UNIX >> book of your choice, or stick with Google hunting for an explanation. > > even though this information is not principally wrong, it was unrelated, > incomplete and written inadequately rude. Sorry for that. > > However, did you compare the ISO's checksum after downloading it? > > Norman. > >
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