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[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Mi, den 11.02.2004 schrieb Chadley Wilson um 08:12:
> On Mon, 2004-02-09 at 17:32, alan wrote:
> > On Mon, 9 Feb 2004, amazing powers of observation wrote:
> > 
> > > the burning of the iso image on to cd. checking the midsums and all i
> > > have found it better to burn the cd at ratio 1 to 1. if you go to fast
> > > it blurs the data or looses information. remember burn slow and your
> > > install will improve 
> > 
> > If that is the case, then you need a new burner. Properly operating 
> > hardware will not do that.
> > 
> > 
> Maybe this is a bug I have just installed a brand new 52x writer and if
> I cut @ anything over 16x my discs fail,
> I swopped the writer three times and the same thing happens, I have
> since changed the brand twice and I get the same results on 4 different
> systems ranging from my first PC a p3 900 256mb ram
> to my new P4 3gig with 1 gig ram. The funny thing is its no linux
> because Windoze also does this
> 
> If you say the hardware is not operating properly then there must be a
> manufacturing flaw in all these device, which is not impossible.
> I will let the manufacturers know (Mitsumi, LG , MSi)
> 
> My 2 cents
> Chadley

I am sure this is a problem with the CD-R media. Not each CD burner
likes each CD-R media, even not at any speed. You should always follow
manufacturer advices for tested media and use firmware updates as they
insert new calibration data for burner and media.

Alexander


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