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Old 09-06-2009, 01:33 AM   #1
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Can't burn ISO to DVD


Hokay, Slackfolk, I've been excited for 13 for quite awhile, and I'm ready for a fresh install instead of an upgrade, personally.

Downloaded the torrent just fine, sittin' around on my desktop...went up to Office Depot for a DVD, but you can't buy single ones...there were some in the sale bin for $2, so I went with those.

However.

They're "Double Layer" DVDs. 8 gigs of space on 'em.
When I try burning the iso with K3b, it won't work. From the very beginning it says:

More than 50% will be *wasted*
Fatal error: wrong media type

Obviously, I understand what it's saying, but is there ANY way I can get around this? Do I *really* need to go and buy another stack of DVDs? Are there any other programs I can try that might let me use these?

Tha~nk you!
 
Old 09-06-2009, 01:43 AM   #2
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Hi 27thSunshine,

if you have a writeable CD, I'd suggest to burn the image of the first Slackware-installation-CD. You can mount your DVD-isoimange and copy all contents into a separate partition and then, booting with the CD install the packages from the partition.

You can as well create an isoimage for a CD from the contents of your DVD-image, so you do not have to download another image.

Also a bootable usb-memory-stick would help.

Further reading (after mounting the DVD-image): isolinux/README.TXT, usb-and-pxe-installers/README.*

Markus
 
Old 09-06-2009, 01:57 AM   #3
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Hi 27thSunshine,

Quote:
Originally Posted by 27thSunshine View Post

Code:
More than 50% will be *wasted* :(
Fatal error: wrong media type
I am not such a fan of k3b, have you tried from the commandline:
Code:
growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/dvd=slackware-13.0-install-dvd.iso
Which is all I have ever used...

Andrew
 
Old 09-06-2009, 10:15 AM   #4
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Hey guys, thanks for the quick responses.

markush -- nope, no CDs layin' around here. I do have a USB stick, though. I'll hafta admit, I only really understood about a quarter of what you said, but I'll look into the literature, thanks (^.^)v

andrew -- k3b uses growofis. I tried it though, the command line, but I got a slight variation of the same error:

:-( more than 50% of space will be *wasted!*
use single layer media for this recording

Grawr. Is there *any* way I can like, override this error?
 
Old 09-06-2009, 10:18 AM   #5
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try the overburn option from growisofs
 
Old 09-06-2009, 10:20 AM   #6
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You could follow vonbiber's new install from iso on hd
http://vonbiber.x10hosting.com/slack...ocd/index.html
 
Old 09-06-2009, 10:23 AM   #7
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Tried that, same error
Thanks though~
 
Old 09-06-2009, 10:27 AM   #8
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Hi again,

Quote:
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You could follow vonbiber's new install from iso on hd
http://vonbiber.x10hosting.com/slack...ocd/index.html
@linus72: Thank you very much , this looks very interesting to me since I often do a reinstall and store my packages on a separate partition. I'll try that out.

Markus
 
Old 09-06-2009, 10:30 AM   #9
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Oh!!
I didn't even see that reply ><

I'll check that out for sure!
 
Old 09-06-2009, 11:15 AM   #10
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Hmm...I tried following those instructions, but when I tried booting into the new partition it just hung.

Damn!
And I can't find my usb stick, either...guuuh. Lookin' more and more like I'm going to have to buy a new stack of DVDs.
 
Old 09-06-2009, 11:25 AM   #11
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removed by me for stupidity:-)

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Old 09-06-2009, 11:28 AM   #12
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But...I'm still using 12.2...I'm trying to get a Slackware 13 install CD.

Oh well...I guess I can waste another $10 :/ Office Depot is right next to my apartment so it's not like a pain in the ass to get there or anything.

Thanks for all your help anyway, everybody~!
 
Old 09-06-2009, 11:33 AM   #13
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But...I'm still using 12.2...I'm trying to get a Slackware 13 install CD.

Oh well...I guess I can waste another $10 :/ Office Depot is right next to my apartment so it's not like a pain in the ass to get there or anything.

Thanks for all your help anyway, everybody~!
Weird. k3b functions perfectly for me on Slackware 12.2. Good luck with this. Is your regular user a member of all the needed groups?
 
Old 09-06-2009, 11:46 AM   #14
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Yeah, I'm good with all that.

I can burn things just fine, it just won't work with Double Layer DVDs for some reason. I guess I hafta go back out and buy single-layer media
 
Old 09-06-2009, 12:22 PM   #15
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Jus wondering, what happens if you use another burning prog, like brasero, gnomebaker ...
 
  


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