Need help with Linux image ISO
 

Hey guys,
I'm very close to ripping the hair out of my head here. I downloaded 3 copies of Linux from the Linux website (using their mirrors). All 3 successfully downloaded (used Firefox to download). I have been burning ISO's for a while know, so I know the whole drill. But this is what's happening everytime I try to burn the Linux ISOs. Burning comes close to finishing about 99% or so and it says "Disc-at-once failed" then it says "Burn process failed" a.k.a, it just wasted a whole DVD-R.

Now I know what you guys are thinking "Your DVD burner is bad, bad software etc." But check this out. I tried burning on 2 computers, both are fairly new with new DVD burners. I tried all of these softwares:
Nero Ultra 7
Magic ISO
Ultra ISO
Roxio DVD Creator
ISO Recorder v 2

All of them give me the same EXACT error.

I have burned so many images (ISOs) before, and none gave me problems like this. And it's ALL THREE LINUX ones that give me this problem.

Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.

Did you do an md5sum on them to be sure they downloaded properly? Also, did you try burning at a lower speed?

Have you checked the md5sums of your downloaded copies against the published ones for each distro?

edit: need to type more quickly!

Alright guys, did the md5sum, this is what it says:

6aad15e8f3e47a2ff29563e2f7de2d07 *yellowdog-5.0.2.iso

I checked it with this ftp://ftp.oregonstate.edu/pub/ydl/iso/MD5SUMS and the file checks out perfect.

What else could be wrong???

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I'm very close to ripping the hair out of my head here. I downloaded 3 copies of Linux from the Linux website (using their mirrors). All 3 successfully downloaded (used Firefox to download). I have been burning ISO's for a while know, so I know the whole drill. But this is what's happening everytime I try to burn the Linux ISOs. Burning comes close to finishing about 99% or so and it says "Disc-at-once failed" then it says "Burn process failed" a.k.a, it just wasted a whole DVD-R.[quote]

I had the same problem,and I'm still looking for the answer.Will you tell us which distros and mirrors you were talking about?You can do md5sum from the command line,there is also md5sum for Windows.

I used:
ftp://mirror.anl.gov/pub/yellowdog
ftp://ftp.oregonstate.edu/pub/ydl

Well,I used different mirror for another distro.There is something strange here.I was actually been able to install that distro,but some programs were not there.

Where did you get your copy from? As long as it works and Linux runs I should be happy.

You appear to be under the impression that since you found a "Linux" repository, That's the one you need to use. YellowDog Linux is a fine distribution, but a person new to Linux would probably be better off getting one of the major Distros. It's a simple matter of the amount and quickness of response you can get to questions. Look at DistroWatch.com's "Major Distros" page.

There are hundreds of distros to choose from besides YellowDog, but whichever one you learn first represents an steep (but short) learning curve for a Windows user. If your experience is typical, you'll try several distros before you settle on the most appropriate one for you. The most important thing about your first installation is that there should be lots of quick help available.

It was Slackware Linux from this mirror http://ftp.belnet.be/packages/slackware/ .But I guess that you just wan't Linux,no matter what distro,in that case you should visit http://distrowatch.com/ and choose small distro,just to ckeck will it work,and then any distro you want from that site or mirror if there are options to choose,but lots of mirrors have lots of distros available for download.

Question: How would Ubuntu run on the PS3? The YDL specially advertises that it is for the PS3. Will Ubuntu be the same? Will the hardware be compatible with the OS?

Thanks.

I'll ask again, did you try burning at a lower speed?