Re: old never used memorex cd media

2019-04-03 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Gene Heskett wrote: > perhaps put them in a file drawer and close it to put them in the dark? At least keep them covered in the spindle by the top paper disk and the sideward collar. I have most of my media in dark places. But some sit in their jewel cases on my desk or on a shelf. No direct

Re: old never used memorex cd media

2019-04-03 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 03 April 2019 05:26:40 Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > Curt wrote: > > They [CD media] seem to be on their way out the door as a medium > > I ceased arguing against that claim 10 years ago. :)) > > > About Gene's adventure so far, i don't see the media type in the first > row of

Re: old never used memorex cd media

2019-04-03 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Curt wrote: > >> They [CD media] seem to be on their way out the door as a medium I wrote: > > I ceased arguing against that claim 10 years ago. :)) Paul Sutton wrote: > CDs are still useful though, The cost of a spindle of CD-r vs the same > number of usb flash disks is that hte cd['s are

Re: old never used memorex cd media

2019-04-03 Thread Joe
On Wed, 3 Apr 2019 10:34:20 +0100 Paul Sutton wrote: > On 03/04/2019 10:26, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Curt wrote: > >> They [CD media] seem to be on their way out the door as a medium > > > > I ceased arguing against that claim 10 years ago. :)) > > CDs are still useful

Re: old never used memorex cd media

2019-04-03 Thread Joe
On Wed, 03 Apr 2019 11:26:40 +0200 "Thomas Schmitt" wrote: > Hi, > > Curt wrote: > > They [CD media] seem to be on their way out the door as a medium > > I ceased arguing against that claim 10 years ago. :)) > > > About Gene's adventure so far, i don't see the media type in the > first row

Re: old never used memorex cd media

2019-04-03 Thread Paul Sutton
On 03/04/2019 10:26, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > Curt wrote: >> They [CD media] seem to be on their way out the door as a medium > > I ceased arguing against that claim 10 years ago. :)) CDs are still useful though, The cost of a spindle of CD-r vs the same number of usb flash disks is

Re: old never used memorex cd media

2019-04-03 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Curt wrote: > They [CD media] seem to be on their way out the door as a medium I ceased arguing against that claim 10 years ago. :)) About Gene's adventure so far, i don't see the media type in the first row of suspects. The drive is more likely to be the culprit. How old is it ? Then

Re: old never used memorex cd media

2019-04-03 Thread Curt
On 2019-04-02, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Apr 02, 2019 at 08:55:52PM +0100, Brian wrote: >> 99% of users write netinstall images to a a USB stick. > > Is it really that high? I still use CDs. I feel like more than 1% of > us do, but maybe I'm mistaken. My original feeling was he has these

Re: old never used memorex cd media

2019-04-02 Thread mick crane
On 2019-04-02 23:14, Felix Miata wrote: 99% of users write netinstall images to a a USB stick. Cite please? If there are 100 users on this list, Gene plus Greg plus me would make 3%. :-D If this is a poll I use DVDs, there is more space to write on. mick -- Key ID4BFEBB31

Re: old never used memorex cd media

2019-04-02 Thread Brian
On Tue 02 Apr 2019 at 16:14:23 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 02 April 2019 15:55:52 Brian wrote: > > > > Update? You are moving on to buster? Or is that a step too far? > > Until Buster is official, thats a step too far. This is my main house > box. At your time of life, living

Re: old never used memorex cd media

2019-04-02 Thread Brian
On Tue 02 Apr 2019 at 16:02:59 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Apr 02, 2019 at 08:55:52PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > 99% of users write netinstall images to a a USB stick. > > Is it really that high? I still use CDs. I feel like more than 1% of > us do, but maybe I'm mistaken. > > Then

Re: old never used memorex cd media

2019-04-02 Thread Brian
On Tue 02 Apr 2019 at 18:14:17 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > Brian composed on 2019-04-02 20:55 (UTC+0100): > > > On Tue 02 Apr 2019 at 14:08:15 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > >> I have a spindle of memorex cd-r's, and I've now downloaded and burnt 4 > >> copy's of the buster netinstall image

Re: old never used memorex cd media

2019-04-02 Thread Felix Miata
Brian composed on 2019-04-02 20:55 (UTC+0100): > On Tue 02 Apr 2019 at 14:08:15 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: >> I have a spindle of memorex cd-r's, and I've now downloaded and burnt 4 >> copy's of the buster netinstall image to a series of them. My open spool of Office Depot CD-R probably

Re: old never used memorex cd media

2019-04-02 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 02 April 2019 15:55:52 Brian wrote: > On Tue 02 Apr 2019 at 14:08:15 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Greetings all; > > Greetings, old man. > > > I have a spindle of memorex cd-r's, and I've now downloaded and > > burnt 4 copy's of the buster netinstall image to a series of them. > >

Re: old never used memorex cd media

2019-04-02 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, Apr 02, 2019 at 08:55:52PM +0100, Brian wrote: > 99% of users write netinstall images to a a USB stick. Is it really that high? I still use CDs. I feel like more than 1% of us do, but maybe I'm mistaken. Then again, I don't know how one would accurately measure this.

Re: old never used memorex cd media

2019-04-02 Thread Brian
On Tue 02 Apr 2019 at 14:08:15 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > Greetings all; Greetings, old man. > > I have a spindle of memorex cd-r's, and I've now downloaded and burnt 4 > copy's of the buster netinstall image to a series of them. 99% of users write netinstall images to a a USB stick. They

Re: old never used memorex cd media

2019-04-02 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Gene Heskett wrote: > Does old, these are at least 5 years old, cd'r media go bad? Not necessarily. More often a drive loses the ability to work with media which are still good with other drives. > However the sha256sum's of both the file and the just burnt /dev/sr0 > match. This is the

old never used memorex cd media

2019-04-02 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings all; I have a spindle of memorex cd-r's, and I've now downloaded and burnt 4 copy's of the buster netinstall image to a series of them. But I can't get any of them to boot. Does old, these are at least 5 years old, cd'r media go bad? However the sha256sum's of both the file and the