Re: [SLUG] Writing Double layer DVD-R - problems

2009-08-29 Thread bill
Thanks Tony and Ben As I stated, I tried with 3 PCs and 3 DVD-RW's - the latest being only a recent purchasre - an Asus SATA DVD-RW. Anyway, managed to burn the .iso to a dual/double-layer DVD+R with Brasero under XUbuntu 9.04. at (near) completion I got an error message, but I can play

Re: [SLUG] Writing Double layer DVD-R - problems

2009-08-29 Thread Ben Donohue
HI Bill, sometimes slowing the burn down works. Also check that the blank can write at the nominated speed. Another thought is that sometimes you can update the firmware on these things. Might be worth checking the manufacturer website occasionally. Ben bill wrote: Thanks Tony and Ben As

[SLUG] Writing Double layer DVD-R - problems

2009-08-27 Thread bill
I've tried Kubuntu 8.04, Xubuntu 9.04 and LinuxMint7 (Ubuntu 9.04 I think) on different PCs with different DVD-RW drives. All drives will copy a double layer DVD to an .iso file, but none will record the .iso to an 8.4 gb double layer (single-sided) DVD+R (Teac). I've googled endlessly and

Re: [SLUG] Writing Double layer DVD-R - problems

2009-08-27 Thread Ben Donohue
Does it burn a CD? Ive got a DVD drive that is faulty (i believe) because it won't burn a DVD under Linux or Windows but will burn a CD. It's definitely a DVD writer. What can yours do? How old is it? Under warranty? Take it back to the shop you got it from and ask them to test it? Ben bill

Re: [SLUG] Writing Double layer DVD-R - problems

2009-08-27 Thread jam
On Friday 28 August 2009 07:20:35 slug-requ...@slug.org.au wrote: I've tried Kubuntu 8.04, Xubuntu 9.04 and LinuxMint7 (Ubuntu 9.04 I think) on different PCs with different DVD-RW drives. All drives will copy a double layer DVD to an .iso file, but none will record the .iso to an 8.4 gb