Media test failure on CDs burnt from ISO file at 99%

[stuart]

On Saturday 05 February 2005 04:05, Graeme Nichols wrote:
> Hello Folks,
>
> I know this has been discussed innumerable times here but I have a
> somewhat different problem.
>
> I finally decided to bite the bullet and install (upgrade) from FC2 to
> FC3. I had burnt the CDs some time ago using Nero Burning Rom SE under
> Win XP SP2. I checked them at the time by making sure there was a file
> system on the CDs.
>
> I put CD1 in my drive and booted to the FC3 boot screen, hit 'Enter' and
> Linux and the USB and firewire drivers loaded etc.
>
> I then proceeded to test the CDs. All 4 of them tested to 99% then the
> drive slowed down, Linux sat there for a while then returned a 'Fail'.
> All 4 of the CDs failed at 99%.
>
> I tried burning a couple of other Disk 1 ISOs to CD including ticking
> the box that said something like 'Finish the CD, no more writing' or
> similar and burning from the DVD the ISOs came on (Australian Personal
> Computer magazine DVD) as well as from the ISO copied from the DVD to
> Hard Disk. No joy! Same failure when testing the CD.
>
> Has anyone else come across a similar problem, and if so, what is the
> remedy?
>
> Very frustrating! I am not prepared to do an upgrade until I can get the
> media test to complete successfully, for obvious reasons.
This is a known issue with FC3 cds:
try booting from CD1 and typing
linux mediacheck nocddma
at the boot: prompt
good references for other issues:
http://www.fedorafaq.org/
http://www.fedoranews.org/

HTH

Stuart
-- 
Stuart Sears RHCE, RHCX
A fool must now and then be right by chance.
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