Input/output errors when reading data DVD

[Paul Smith]

On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 12:39 AM, Aldo Foot<lunixer at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I have recorded some data DVD some time ago. Now, I am trying to copy
>> them to my hard disk, but I am always getting an
>>
>> 'input/output error'.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>
> Try the same CD on another system, perhaps another OS.
> I've had CDs I created and stored for a while, when I went back
> to them years later... they were blank. Bad CD media quality.
> "No curse in Elvish or Entish was good enough for such treachery..."

Thanks, Aldo and Mike. I have used the same DVD disk in a different
computer running Fedora, and no problem. Perhaps, my driver is faulty.

Paul