Did I make a mistake in starting with Fedora Core 4?

[Jim Cornette]

Jim Cornette wrote:

Correction to the portion regarding DVD+R and DVD-RW (I have the DVD+RW 
and the client provided the damaged DVD-R discs, edited below)

>
> I had to grab some files that were burned on a DVD-W disc that was 8x 
> to put on my server that has a DVD+RW 4x recorder and the system 
> lockup up hard for me. I never experienced such a lockup and would not 
> think the Defective DVD would bring down the system. With your 
> comments and the fact that you could put a defectively burned DVD in 
> your reader, bringing down the system is not something expected. Since 
> it is hardware, I could see how this could cause serious problems, but 
> a method to release discs that are fouling up should be a bit safer.
> These discs had fingerprints, scratches and probably were burned at 
> their maximum speed.