[OT] What is the physics behind burning CD/DVD [WAS] Re: Fedora 2 install

[Ed Greshko]

> Interesting point Ed....to that end...I really am beginning to believe 
> that certain patterns of data lend themselves to sabotaging the 
> burn...just how the data is layed out....perhaps a little too much power 
> from the laser on adjascent tracks will damage data already layed 
> down....food for thought anyway...I would bet that Blue Ray ends up 
> being as sensitive if not worse...

FWIW, have a read on:

http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/pio/pe/images/portal/cit_3424/98391358WhitePaper_DVR-OSTA.pdf

It mostly deals with DVD recording an such....but when you read it you 
will get a sense of what is involved with reading/writing this type of 
media.



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