Bill Shannon wrote: > On a different but related topic... > > I downloaded the snv_98 iso, burned it to DVD (it wouldn't fit on a CD), > but when I try to boot on an old Dell 4550 it fails in a different way > each time I try - sometimes disk errors, sometimes some problem with some > service, sometimes other things, all really weird failures. An old > 2008.05 CD that I burned boots and runs just fine. > > Did I make a mistake by burning it to DVD? > > I'm going to try installing 2008.05 and upgrade my way to snv_98. > One thing I've noticed on an old laptop I had is that it couldn't read DVD +. I had to reburn it on a DVD -. Again, the very first DVD readers did not read DVD + format, which is almost forgotten today.
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