Re: cd burning not going well

2008-06-27 Thread j t
On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 10:11 AM, Bob Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you for that. With pleasure (I remember all too well the pain of banging my head against a wall, trying to understand optical disk burning/verification under linux). I've also found a much simpler method for checking tha

Re: cd burning not going well

2008-06-27 Thread Bob Cox
On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 04:17:51 +0100, j t ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 5:37 PM, Florian Kulzer > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > md5sum -b /dev/scd0 > > The output should match the md5sum of the ISO image. > > Not _strictly_ true (due to blank/null padding which is somet

Re: cd burning not going well

2008-06-26 Thread j t
On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 5:37 PM, Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > md5sum -b /dev/scd0 > The output should match the md5sum of the ISO image. Not _strictly_ true (due to blank/null padding which is sometimes added to the end of iso disk images, and issues with the infamous read-ahead bug

Re: cd burning not going well

2008-06-25 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 21:21:23 -0300, tyler wrote: > Bob Cox writes: > > On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 15:35:00 -0300, tyler wrote: > > > >> A typical result is burning the CD with KB3, which appears to work, but > >> then complains that the disk image does not match the downloaded ISO > >> when the ve

Re: cd burning not going well

2008-06-24 Thread tyler
"Michael Marsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 8:21 PM, tyler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I ran both the k3b verification and the Xubuntu integrity check on each >> of the first 6 failed burns, and since they all failed both tests I >> assumed the k3b test was enough to in

Re: cd burning not going well

2008-06-24 Thread David Fox
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 11:35 AM, tyler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A typical result is burning the CD with KB3, which appears to work, but > then complains that the disk image does not match the downloaded ISO Since you've already verified the ISOs with md5sum, then something may be awry with ei

Re: cd burning not going well

2008-06-24 Thread Michael Marsh
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 8:21 PM, tyler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I ran both the k3b verification and the Xubuntu integrity check on each > of the first 6 failed burns, and since they all failed both tests I > assumed the k3b test was enough to indicate a disk was bad. But > apparently not. Now I

Re: cd burning not going well

2008-06-24 Thread tyler
Bob Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 15:35:00 -0300, tyler > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >> A typical result is burning the CD with KB3, which appears to work, but >> then complains that the disk image does not match the downloaded ISO >> when the verification check compl

Re: cd burning not going well

2008-06-24 Thread H.S.
tyler wrote: I've just tried updating to the latest (testing) version of k3b, 1.0.5, and I burnt another coaster. This is very frustrating. Any other suggestions? May be a defective CD writer? When was the last time you burned a disc and it went okay? One way to verify this is to burn the

Re: cd burning not going well

2008-06-24 Thread tyler
"Michael Marsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 4:41 PM, tyler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I have tried downloading on three different machines. I just now tried >> to burn the LinuxMint CD, which failed with the same error. > > Have you tried running isovfy (from genisoima

Re: cd burning not going well

2008-06-24 Thread Bob Cox
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 15:35:00 -0300, tyler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I'm trying to burn a copy of Xubuntu as a rescue disk. My laptop > (Thinkpad R60) is running Lenny, with KB3 installed. I also have access > to a variety of machines running Windows. I have tried no less than a > dozen tim

Re: cd burning not going well

2008-06-24 Thread Michael Marsh
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 4:41 PM, tyler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have tried downloading on three different machines. I just now tried > to burn the LinuxMint CD, which failed with the same error. Have you tried running isovfy (from genisoimages) on the isos? Other things that come to mind ar

Re: cd burning not going well

2008-06-24 Thread tyler
"Patrick A. Ouellette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 03:35:00PM -0300, tyler wrote: >> A typical result is burning the CD with KB3, which appears to work, but >> then complains that the disk image does not match the downloaded ISO >> when the verification check completes. I

Re: cd burning not going well

2008-06-24 Thread Patrick A. Ouellette
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 03:35:00PM -0300, tyler wrote: > > I'm trying to burn a copy of Xubuntu as a rescue disk. My laptop > (Thinkpad R60) is running Lenny, with KB3 installed. I also have access > to a variety of machines running Windows. I have tried no less than a > dozen times to burn this @

cd burning not going well

2008-06-24 Thread tyler
Hi, I'm trying to burn a copy of Xubuntu as a rescue disk. My laptop (Thinkpad R60) is running Lenny, with KB3 installed. I also have access to a variety of machines running Windows. I have tried no less than a dozen times to burn this @#$% CD, and every time has failed. I have tried the followin