really dumb iso question

[Leon Goldstein]

Susan Macchia wrote:

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>
> */Leon Goldstein <metapsych at earthlink.net>/* wrote:
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>     Susan Macchia wrote:
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>     >
>     >
>     > */Collins Richey /* wrote:
>     >
>     > On 12/19/06, Susan Macchia wrote:
>     > >
>     > > Hi all,
>     > >
>     > > I have scoured the web, Linux SxS, FC site and can't find
>     > anything specific.
>     > > I have downloaded the FC6 isos and have used gcombust to burn
>     > them (in the
>     > > burn tab IS 9660 Image - specifying an image location).
>     > >
>     > > But none of the CDs boot. I've gone into the BIOS, etc and yes -
>     > CD rom is
>     > > the first boot device. What am I missing?
>     > >
>     > > It's been a couple of years since I did this with FC1 and I
>     > simply can't
>     > > remember if I burned the original ISOs in a special way.
>     > >
>     >
>     > 1. I've had very poor luck with FCn isos. Mostly they are coasters,
>     > even if the md5sums (or whatever FC uses) match. They will usually
>     > boot, but fail during the install.
>     >
>     > 2. I always have best results using cdrecord as root at a low speed,
>     > ie 'cdrecord -v dev=/dev/hdc speed=8 -eject /path/to/iso'. Of
>     course,
>     > if you're using an older kernel with emulation the 'dev=...' will be
>     > different.
>     >
>     > HTH,
>     >
>     > Thanks, I'll give that a try - However, I burned the FC1 CDs on an
>     > older RH version (9?) with no issues. I am on FC1, can I use
>     > /dev/cdrom1 if it exists, instead of /dev/hdc?
>     >
>     > Perhaps the slow speed is the trick?
>     >
>     > TIA for all the advice!
>     >
>     > --Susan
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     Burning at a speed below the drive's rating is usually sound advice.
>     Also, flashing a firmware upgrade can help; it certainly helped my
>     stable of Plextors which reliably burn at max speed, given decent
>     quality media.
>
>     On my systems (Libranet Debian) /dev/cdrom is a symlink.
>
> On mine too :)
> lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 9 Dec 19 18:27 /dev/cdrom1 -> /dev/scd0
>
> Burned at a low speed (<8) and no cigar.  I am at a loss as how to get 
> a set of FC6 CDs to install from ....
>
> Also tried:
> % drecord -v dev=/dev/scd0 speed=8 -eject 
> ~/Downloads/Fedora/FC-6-i386-disc1.iso
> Cdrecord-Clone 2.01a19 (i686-redhat-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2003 
> Jrg Schilling
> TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM
> scsidev: '/dev/scd0'
> devname: '/dev/scd0'
> scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2
> Warning: Open by 'devname' is unintentional and not supported.
> cdrecord: Read-only file system. Cannot open '/dev/scd0'. Cannot open 
> SCSI driver.
> cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. Make sure you 
> are root.
> cdrecord: For possible transport specifiers try 'cdrecord dev=help'.
>
> Given that I am on FC1 (old), that could be the reason for the 
> rejection...
>
> Has anyone on this list burned a set of FC6 CDs with success?
>
> TIA
> Susan

If nothing else works, why not give Nero Linux a try:
you can download a trial version at http://www.nero.com/eng/NeroLINUX.html

It is independent of cdrecord.

I use Nero Linux to burn DVD's on an older Libranet release since its 
kb3 does not support DVD burning.
(Upgrading KDE on this system is out of the question for a number of 
reasons.)

-- 
Leon A. Goldstein

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