some of my gateway laptops refuse to install f11a i386

[Rick Stevens]

Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Mar 2009, Rick Stevens wrote:
> 
>> The x86_64 DVDs are bigger (fuller).  CDs and DVDs work like old
>> vinyl records (a long, spiral "track"), but they read backwards
>> (from the hub out to the outer edge).  Consequently, the end of
>> session mark on a 64-bit DVD will be closer to the rim of the disk.
>> It may be that the DVDs are spinning fast enough that the flutter
>> present at the outer edge of all CDs and DVDs when they're spun fast
>> is hosing the drive's ability to see the end of session mark.  This
>> is more prevalent on DVDs as the data density is greater than on
>> CDs.
> 
>   but it's the "fuller" 64-bit DVDs that are the readable ones -- your
> logic is backwards.

Whoops!  Yes, now that I reread your message, you're right.  Ok, I'm
stumped other than BIOS settings.
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