Good morning all I recall having the same issue with k3b.
For some reason this was more common when i would change the 'label' of the CD from "k3b project' to something else...leaving this field standard seemed to solve the issue. The was not in 100% of the cases, but did occur the few times i tried to modify the label. Strange indeed Ivor On Friday 04 February 2005 22:42, Shachar Raindel wrote: > On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 21:56:52 +0200, Aaron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I am scratching my head and most confused. > > > > Every time I burn a CD for a friend using Win 2000. He just can't read > > them and the disk causes him a system lockup. > > > > I ususally make cds in cdrecord and have tried a slow speed 12x or 10x > > or 8x even, but this doesn't seem to help. > > > > This last time I used K3b and no errors were reported, I even used an > > expensive media which seems to work for me well. > > > > I just go an email from my friend and again he can't read the cd??? > > > > Has anyone seen this before? > > How can I change how I burn so he can read it? > > Is there any other cause of such strange behaviour? > > > > Just few quick thoughts: > > A. What kernel version are you using? IIRC 2.6.8.1 had few rather > severe bugs with CD-burning. > > B. Are you making sure that you are building an ISO 9660 file system > with Joliet extensions? Windows will not be able to see long file > names if there is no Joliet extension. > > C. Are you sure that your friend's CD-ROM is working correctly? > > D. How was the CD handled? You know, jewel-cases with stones in it > might be fun, but are a sure way to prevent the CD from being read. > > E. Maybe your friend's computer got one of these ultra friendly and > ultra useful "Anti-ripping" software installed, which prevents it from > reading fully legitimate CDs. > > Cheers, > Shachar > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]