Re: [newbie] Unable to find dvd+rw-format executable

2005-03-14 Thread Anne Wilson
On Monday 14 Mar 2005 05:29, rikona wrote: > > I just burned a few non-crucial photos to CD using k3b, to give to > someone else. I did a quick drag and drop, and a slightly different > sets of options seemed to come up, and in this window was an option to > do a binary compare. I selected it and i

Re: [newbie] Unable to find dvd+rw-format executable

2005-03-13 Thread rikona
Hello Mikkel, Sunday, March 13, 2005, 1:31:52 PM, Mikkel wrote: >> Agree totally! BUT - from the recent messages, it appears that >> there is NO WAY to verify a just-burned CD/DVD to make sure the >> data is the same and can be read OK. Still looking.. >> >> MLE> It depends on how you built

Re: [newbie] Unable to find dvd+rw-format executable

2005-03-13 Thread rikona
Hello Anne, Thursday, March 10, 2005, 8:33:17 AM, Anne wrote: AW> On Thursday 10 Mar 2005 14:39, rikona wrote: >> Hello Anne, >> >> Thursday, March 10, 2005, 3:56:25 AM, Anne wrote: >> >> AW> Now I'll go back and burn it again, and I'll verify this time. >> >> How do you do a verify? AW> In XCDR

Re: [newbie] Unable to find dvd+rw-format executable

2005-03-13 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
rikona wrote: Hello Mikkel, Sunday, March 13, 2005, 8:39:00 AM, Mikkel wrote: You need to be sure, if you are going to rely on this. Check the permissions of the files. If necessary try to open them as root. If you can't even do that the backup is pretty useless, I would have thought. MLE> I t

Re: [newbie] Unable to find dvd+rw-format executable

2005-03-13 Thread rikona
Hello Mikkel, Sunday, March 13, 2005, 8:39:00 AM, Mikkel wrote: >> You need to be sure, if you are going to rely on this. Check the >> permissions of the files. If necessary try to open them as root. >> If you can't even do that the backup is pretty useless, I would >> have thought. >> MLE>

Re: [newbie] Unable to find dvd+rw-format executable

2005-03-13 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Anne Wilson wrote: On Sunday 13 Mar 2005 02:35, SnapafunFrank wrote: rikona wrote: Hello SnapafunFrank, Saturday, March 12, 2005, 3:21:26 PM, SnapafunFrank wrote: S> I switched back to the cheap ones and burned at speed = 1.0 and S> they then worked. Did you ever try a compare or verify to make sur

Re: [newbie] Unable to find dvd+rw-format executable

2005-03-13 Thread SnapafunFrank
Anne Wilson wrote: On Sunday 13 Mar 2005 02:35, SnapafunFrank wrote: rikona wrote: Hello SnapafunFrank, Saturday, March 12, 2005, 3:21:26 PM, SnapafunFrank wrote: S> I switched back to the cheap ones and burned at speed = 1.0 and S> they then worked. Did you ever try a compare or verify to

Re: [newbie] Unable to find dvd+rw-format executable

2005-03-13 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 13 Mar 2005 02:35, SnapafunFrank wrote: > rikona wrote: > >Hello SnapafunFrank, > > > >Saturday, March 12, 2005, 3:21:26 PM, SnapafunFrank wrote: > > > >S> I switched back to the cheap ones and burned at speed = 1.0 and > >S> they then worked. > > > >Did you ever try a compare or verify t

Re: [newbie] Unable to find dvd+rw-format executable

2005-03-12 Thread SnapafunFrank
rikona wrote: Hello SnapafunFrank, Saturday, March 12, 2005, 3:21:26 PM, SnapafunFrank wrote: S> I switched back to the cheap ones and burned at speed = 1.0 and S> they then worked. Did you ever try a compare or verify to make sure they actually have good data? To be honest - no ~ but the files

Re: [newbie] Unable to find dvd+rw-format executable

2005-03-12 Thread rikona
Hello SnapafunFrank, Saturday, March 12, 2005, 3:21:26 PM, SnapafunFrank wrote: S> I switched back to the cheap ones and burned at speed = 1.0 and S> they then worked. Did you ever try a compare or verify to make sure they actually have good data? -- rikonamailto:

Re: [newbie] Unable to find dvd+rw-format executable

2005-03-12 Thread SnapafunFrank
Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: SnapafunFrank wrote: Back again. Everything seemed to burn OK and I can see the whole file structure when I mount the dvd disc. However, I am unable to open any files. They are listed OK, but as user or root I cannot open them. I get the error message re: An error occ

Re: [newbie] Unable to find dvd+rw-format executable

2005-03-10 Thread rikona
Hello Anne, Thursday, March 10, 2005, 8:33:17 AM, Anne wrote: AW> On Thursday 10 Mar 2005 14:39, rikona wrote: >> Hello Anne, >> >> Thursday, March 10, 2005, 3:56:25 AM, Anne wrote: >> >> AW> Now I'll go back and burn it again, and I'll verify this time. >> >> How do you do a verify? AW> In XCDR

Re: [newbie] Unable to find dvd+rw-format executable

2005-03-10 Thread Anne Wilson
On Thursday 10 Mar 2005 16:59, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > > It sounds like the directory structure is there, but not the data it > points to. I don't know much about DVD writers, but I have run into this > when burning CDs. Sometimes I can get around it by burning at a slower > speed, but sometim

Re: [newbie] Unable to find dvd+rw-format executable

2005-03-10 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
SnapafunFrank wrote: Back again. Everything seemed to burn OK and I can see the whole file structure when I mount the dvd disc. However, I am unable to open any files. They are listed OK, but as user or root I cannot open them. I get the error message re: An error occurred while loading file:/m

Re: [newbie] Unable to find dvd+rw-format executable

2005-03-10 Thread Anne Wilson
On Thursday 10 Mar 2005 14:39, rikona wrote: > Hello Anne, > > Thursday, March 10, 2005, 3:56:25 AM, Anne wrote: > > AW> Now I'll go back and burn it again, and I'll verify this time. > > How do you do a verify? In XCDRoast I couldn't find how to verify except when you are burning an image, so I

Re: [newbie] Unable to find dvd+rw-format executable

2005-03-10 Thread rikona
Hello Anne, Thursday, March 10, 2005, 3:56:25 AM, Anne wrote: AW> Now I'll go back and burn it again, and I'll verify this time. How do you do a verify? -- rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your P

Re: [newbie] Unable to find dvd+rw-format executable

2005-03-10 Thread Anne Wilson
On Thursday 10 Mar 2005 11:04, SnapafunFrank wrote: > Back again. > > Everything seemed to burn OK and I can see the whole file structure when > I mount the dvd disc. > > However, I am unable to open any files. They are listed OK, but as user > or root I cannot open them. I get the error message re

Re: [newbie] Unable to find dvd+rw-format executable

2005-03-10 Thread SnapafunFrank
SnapafunFrank wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 08 Mar 2005 10:42, SnapafunFrank wrote: On Friday 04 Mar 2005 09:54, SnapafunFrank wrote: Just a possibility I've found while vivisimo~ing ( another other than google ), Apparently, I need to t

Re: [newbie] Unable to find dvd+rw-format executable

2005-03-08 Thread SnapafunFrank
Anne Wilson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 08 Mar 2005 10:42, SnapafunFrank wrote: On Friday 04 Mar 2005 09:54, SnapafunFrank wrote: Just a possibility I've found while vivisimo~ing ( another other than google ), Apparently, I need to turn off all the good

Re: [newbie] Unable to find dvd+rw-format executable

2005-03-08 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 08 Mar 2005 10:42, SnapafunFrank wrote: > > > >On Friday 04 Mar 2005 09:54, SnapafunFrank wrote: > >>Just a possibility I've found while vivisimo~ing ( another other than > >>google ), Apparently, I need to turn off all the goodies I got run

Re: [newbie] Unable to find dvd+rw-format executable

2005-03-08 Thread SnapafunFrank
Anne Wilson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 04 Mar 2005 09:54, SnapafunFrank wrote: Just a possibility I've found while vivisimo~ing ( another other than google ), Apparently, I need to turn off all the goodies I got running on my system - that is, supermount, hotp

Re: [newbie] Unable to find dvd+rw-format executable

2005-03-07 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 04 Mar 2005 09:54, SnapafunFrank wrote: > Just a possibility I've found while vivisimo~ing ( another other than > google ), Apparently, I need to turn off all the goodies I got running > on my system - that is, supermount, hotplug and the lik

Re: [newbie] Unable to find dvd+rw-format executable

2005-03-04 Thread SnapafunFrank
SnapafunFrank wrote: Unable to find dvd+rw-format executable I have read the threads at k3b on this matter but am still unable to use k3b with confidence. Have 4 dvd-r coasters already. So hopefully someone here can assist in getting me to burn dvd's ? I'm running Mandrake 10 official