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Linux and CD-RWs

Sep 24, 2005 9:53AM PDT

Does linux have problems with CD-RWs? I've been trying to install Mandrake/Mandriva and use CD-RWs. I got errors and looked it up, said something about the burn speed. So I burned it at 4x. Didnt seem to help. So does linux not load off CD-RWs? No matter the distrobution or burn speed, it just doesnt seem to load off a CD-RW. I havent tried a CD-R because I dont want to waste one.

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Tried CDRs
Sep 24, 2005 1:15PM PDT

I tried CD-Rs, my FC4 cds started up just fine.

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I'll write no.
Sep 24, 2005 1:18PM PDT

If there is an issue here it's the media, drive or how said CDRWs were made.

Bob

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Errors
Sep 24, 2005 2:24PM PDT

Most distros just hang on the startup then give me a read error. Mandrive LE2005 gave me "Buffer I/O Error on device hda, logical block 315145"

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Don't have Mandriva.
Sep 24, 2005 10:44PM PDT

But I can share my really old 10X CDROM drive errors on booting CDR media, won't boot CDRW and is now in the spare parts closet.

Bob

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I have Mandrake (Mandriva).
Sep 26, 2005 4:10AM PDT

I have never had a problem with CDRs, DVDRs, or CDRWs. I use K3B in Mandrake 10.0, 10.1, 10.2 and Knoppix 3.3, 3.6. and 3.7. Was less trouble than using Nero 6 in XP till Nero's latest update. Hope this helps. chuck