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Old 07-29-2003, 04:43 PM   #1
LinuZ
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Angry CD Drive...


Hey, Im running Mandrake 9.1 and Want to get Redhat 9. I Recorded my cd's at 10x, and they don't work. How Do I find out what my Drive reads at?

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Matt
 
Old 07-29-2003, 06:02 PM   #2
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Please be more specific about "they don't work"
 
Old 07-30-2003, 05:58 PM   #3
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LinuZ, did you check that the ISO files were downloaded OK? The place that you got them from should have had either .MD5 or .ASC files too - you should always use the md5sums program to check your ISO files before burning. The burning app won't tell the difference between a good image and a bad one, it'll just burn what it is told to burn... so you can quite easily end up with coasters if you don't check those files!

Oh, and almost all CD drives have variable read speeds - that is, they will change the speed at which they read depending on the quality of the data they're pulling off... I think. What is more important is that you don't burn the discs at a speed too fast for the burner (shouldn't be able to happen) or a speed too fast for the discs themselves.
 
  


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