FC5 CDs fail test, but ISOs are OK

Craig White craigwhite at azapple.com
Fri Mar 24 16:07:02 UTC 2006


On Thu, 2006-03-23 at 18:40 -0800, Kevin Grover wrote:
> I downloaded the FC5 ISOs (all CDs and DVD)
>  
> I ran sha1sum (on WinXP SP2 using the gnuwin32 install)
>  
> All ISO checked out as being "OK"
>  
> Burnt CDs using Nero 7.0.0.0 (WinXP SP2)
>  
> Tested on home PC: all CDs failed (stopped after 3)
> Thought my CD drive was bad
> Tried at work.  All failed but number 5
>  
> Any suggestions?
>  
> I've never had problems with burning ISOs on this same machine in the
> past.
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try burning them at a slower speed...4x is generally acceptable to just
about any CD-ROM drive

Craig





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