Burning DVDs

[Chris Wright]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com 
> [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Jean-Rene Cormier
> Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 1:34 PM
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases; erik at epo.dk
> Subject: Re: Burning DVDs
> 
> On Sun, 2005-07-17 at 06:45 +0200, Erik P. Olsen wrote:
> > On Sat, 2005-07-16 at 18:30 +0200, Colin Brace wrote:
> > > Jean-Rene Cormier wrote:
> > > 
> > > >This is something that's been bugging me for a while, 
> when I burn 
> > > >DVDs on my FC4 (was FC3 before) box I can't read them on my IBM 
> > > >laptop that's running WinXP. I burned the FC3 and FC4 
> DVD ISOs from 
> > > >that box and I can read them fine from the laptop but 
> anything else doesn't seem to work.
> > > >
> > > >I tried creating ISOs with mkisofs and burning them through 
> > > >cdrecord and using K3B to burn stuff and I get the same 
> results. Is 
> > > >there something I should know when burning DVDs?
> > > >  
> > > >
> > > I encountered a similar problem with my laptop (not an 
> IBM), and it 
> > > turned out that its slimline DVD drive could only read 
> DVD R+ disks, 
> > > not DVD R- disks. Just an idea.
> > 
> > Isn't it the other way around? My two ThinkPads 600E and T40 only 
> > reads DVD-R not DVD+R.
> 
> I doubt it's a DVD-R/+r thing, I tried one DVD-R I burned in 
> my Dell laptop and it couldn't read it either, also tried it 
> in my roommate's computer, his DVD drive couldn't read it but 
> his DVD burner (which is the same as mine) could. Though both 
> laptop can read the FC3 and FC4 DVD-Rs I burned with that 
> same burner and the DVD-Rs came from the same package. I'll 
> try a DVD-RW to see what it does.
> 

It almost sounds like you have burnt a multi-session DVD which is why a
burner can read it.
When you put it in a burner, does it give you the option of closing the Disk
to prevent further writing to it (which will then make it readable in a
normal DVD reader)

Regards

Chris