Re: [K3b] Issue Burning CD ISO Image

Todd and Margo Chester wrote:
> [email protected] wrote:
>> In short, I am unable to burn an ISO image (more specifically, a 
>> sysrescuecd iso image) to CD using the "Burn CD Image" under the 
>> Tools menu.  Though, burning the same ISO image to DVD works but 
>> since the ISO image is less than 200MB, I'd like to burn it to a CD 
>> as opposed to a DVD.
>>
>> On the first run, the ISO burn process failed and initially reported 
>> the error "...probably an overrun error...try lowering the burning 
>> speed...".  I then re-ran the ISO burn with a lower burning speed.  
>> Nonetheless, as I keep trying to burn a CD at a lower speed, it seems 
>> that K3b cycles between the aforementioned error message and this 
>> one: "...cdrecord returned an unknown error (code 1)...if you are 
>> running an unpatched cdrecord version...and this error also occurs 
>> with high quality media..."
>>
>> The essential versions on my current system: Slackware 12.0 
>> distribution, KDE 3.5.7, and K3b 1.0.2.
>>
>> Somehow, I was successfully able to burn a similar ISO sysrescuecd 
>> image to CD using K3b when I was running Slackware 11.0 several 
>> months ago.  According to my records, it looks like I used K3b 
>> version 1.0.1 at the time.
>>
>> Has something changed?  Do I need to do something different?
>>
>> I have attached a debugging report for your convenience.  If you want 
>> more detailed information, just tell me what you want.
>>
>> DPD.
>
> I have seen similar errors.  It usually turns out that the
> CD blank is bad.  Try a different brand of disk.  (I use
> Verbatim and Imation with good success.  Stay way far,
> far away from Memorix: their quality is terrible)
I can't comment about Memorex media but I will keep that opinion in 
mind; by the way, I have Maxell CDs.  Nonetheless, I decided to test 
many more of the blank Maxell CDs that I have in order to see if just 
maybe the first few I tried (before writing my first e-mail) could have 
just been plainly bad media.  No such luck.  Each of the others I've 
tried (maybe 5 or 6 of them) still produced errors.

Interestingly, I was successful in burning data on these suspect blank 
Maxell CDs on my Windows XP Home box using Nero (data write and verify 
were successful).  So.....is Linux and/or K3b all of a sudden so very 
sensitive to imperfections in the media?  Maybe the CD functionality on 
the DVD/CD-RW drive in my Linux box has decided to go haywire since the 
last successful CD data write/verify?

If free and disposable time becomes available, I would be reluctantly 
willing to swap the Windows and Linux DVD/CD-RW drives and run some tests.

DPD.
>
> -T
>


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