Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 06:17:35 -0800 (PST) From: Kyle <freebsd@sysmach.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: CD burning question Message-ID: <20010320141735.404C4274B@sitemail.everyone.net>
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just make sure that when you finally get to burn the .iso file, you burn it as a BOOTABLE IMAGE. not just burn it. i learned that the hard way. :) --- "Andrew C. Hornback" <hornback@wireco.net> > wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Jussi Reissell >> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 8:32 AM >> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >> Subject: CD burning question >> >> So, are there issues with older CD-ROM readers and rewritable disks >> that I should be aware of? Or is this a case of simply doing the right >> incantations when blanking/burning the disk? I use mkisofs and >> cdrecord to burn the disk. I tried to do the blanking with either >> blank=all or blank=fast switch on without success. > > Actually, yes, there are issues with older CD-Rom drives and CD-RW media. >Personally, I'm surprised that it read it in the first place. A lot of >lower speed (i.e. everything up to, but not including, 32x) CD-Rom drives >simply won't touch a CD-RW, even if it's been burnt correctly. Same goes >with a lot of early CD-R and CD-RW drives, as they used semi-proprietary >formats to produce disks which were unreadable in anything but the drive >they were created, or one of the same model. > > Basically, unless you're using a fairly modern CD-Rom which supports CD-R >and CD-RW, I wouldn't try any non-professionally mastered CDs in those >drives. > >--- Andy > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message _____________________________________________________________ Systems at MACHSPEED!! http://sysmach.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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