Re: (Newbie) Media Check Failed

["Alan Bort" <333101 personal net py>]

I always record Discs at 24X with gnome-toaster (front end of cdrecord).
I've never had a problem before. Though... with NERO I always recorded at
10x MAXIMUM. My recorder is a 32X 10X(rewriter) and 40x (read).
----- Original Message -----
From: "Albert DE WINT" <adwint pandora be>
To: <redhat-install-list redhat com>
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 2:59 PM
Subject: Re: (Newbie) Media Check Failed


> Op do 19-06-2003, om 14:10 schreef Ian Dixon:
> > Steeve McCauley wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2003-06-19 at 07:15, Lyndon Eaton wrote:
> > >
> > >>This is my first time downloading and installing Linux, so appologise
> > >>for my lack of knowledge! I do intend to buy books, but so far not
> > >>managed to get over the first hurdle.
> > >>
> > >>I have downloaded Red Hat 9, and the MD5 checks on all three iso
images
> > >>are correct. I have burnt these images to CDs using a PC running
Windows
> > >>2000, Roxio Easy CD Creator v5 Platinum, on an IDE Plextor 8/4/32
writer
> > >>at x8. Disks 1 & 2 fail the Media Check, disk 3 passes. However all
> > >>disks are readable as I had booted from disk 1.
> > >
> > >
> > > If disks 1 and 2 fail the media check it's probably because
> > > the disks are bad.  Try reburning those disks at 4x rather
> > > than 8x.  Since I've stopped trying to burn at 8x (tempting)
> > > I don't think I've had a single bad disk, under Windoze or
> > > linux.
>
> I always burn at the lowest possible speed, on IMPEGA 700MB CD-R.
> Never had a single failing disk.
>
> > >
> > >
> > >>I have read a number of past posts in the archives and there does not
> > >>seem to be a definative fix. Most suggestions are also related to
Linux
> > >>CD writing software.
> > >
> > >
> > > Well, since you burned them under windows that doesn't
> > > really apply to you ;)
> > >
> > >
> > >>One suggestion was bad memory? I have reduntant sticks that I could
try,
> > >>but disk 3 passed the media check? And all three CDs were burnt in the
> > >>same way from the same machine?
> > >
> > >
> > > 4x
> > >
> > > --
> > > One Guy Coding                      http://oneguycoding.com
> > > Montreal, Quebec                    steeve oneguycoding com
> > > :wq
> >
> >
> > And if all else fails you can take a look at an informative site on how
> > to do this correctly, worked for me, maintained by Bob at :
> > http://www.rhil.net/docs/faq.html#making_cds
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > Ian
> >
> >
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