[lug] Trouble Making Discs of Fedora Core 5

[D. Stimits]

Ryan Fligg wrote:

>Bill,
>
>I have had the same problems with install discs.  It drove me mad, checking 
>MD5's making it 3/4 the way through an install and then not being able to 
>read 1 package on a disc and the whole thing would fail.
>
>I finally found that it was how I was burning the CD's.  I changed my burning 
>speed to 4X and everything worked fine.  Anything above 4X burning and I 
>would get unstable behavior from the discs.  
>  
>
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Incidentally, the Taiyo Yuden's I burned were at a higher speed than any 
other disk. The brands that failed took a long time to burn even when 
they worked...the Taiyo Yuden's just breeze along at stated speeds.

D. Stimits, stimits AT comcast DOT net