> I would highly suggest trying to read the DVD's under another OS. There is > a Linux kernel bug regarding reading CD/DVD media related to the > read-ahead cache.
Thanks, not the case though. I know people had problems in WindowsXP with the DVDs I wrote, as well as checking the files myself - I run into bad files as soon as 1/3 into the DVD. (Assuming files were added in sorted order.) dd can fail quite soon as well. BTW, I've noticed dd dumps being smaller than the original .iso - but still all the files are fine (mount and diff -r gives "perfect verification"). This being on CDs. I've not yet successfully verified any DVD. 7 out of 7 checked were bad, and I handed out another 8 which I therefore assume are possibly all bad. I think I will try Verbatim's DVD-R (might that help?), then possibly another brand, then I'll be looking for another DVD writer. (I have a "BTC" writer - cheap cheap. Suppose I might paying for my stinginess now.) Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
