The Linux eternal problem with reading CD/DVDs...

[Justin Piszcz]

The biggest problem with people burning DVDs is they use Joilet or 
ISO9660, this is a BAD idea and will only support files up to 2GB anyway. 
When burning DVDs, ONLY use UDF and you will have fewer problems.

Justin.


On Wed, 19 Jul 2006, Chong Yu Meng wrote:

> On Wed, 2006-07-19 at 01:44 +0100, Paul Smith wrote:
>> On 7/19/06, Mikkel L. Ellertson <mikkel at infinity-ltd.com> wrote:
>>>> OK, but still get a problem:
>>>>
>>>> $cd /mnt/dvd
>>>> $ cp myiso.iso ~/Desktop/
>>>> cp: reading `myiso.iso': Input/output error
>>>> $
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>
>>> Bad media.
>>> Media burned too fast.
>>> Dirty drive.
>>> Drive hardware problem.
>>
>> None of the above alternatives: if I boot with kernel
>> 2.6.17-1.2157_FC5, the reported problem occurs; if I boot with kernel
>> 2.6.17-1.2145_FC5, the reported problem does *not* occur. Again, a bad
>> job of kernel guys! Where should I report the bug?
>>
>
> Hi Paul,
>
> Are you absolutely sure? What model DVD drive are you using? Internal or
> external?
>
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