Re: [K3b-user] [K3b] Issue Burning CD ISO Image

[Todd a. M. C. <Tod...@ve...>]

dd...@sb... wrote:
> Todd and Margo Chester wrote:
>> dd...@sb... wrote:
>>> In short, I am unable to burn an ISO image (more specifically, a 
>>> sysrescuecd iso image) to CD using the "Burn CD Image" under the 
>>> Tools menu.  Though, burning the same ISO image to DVD works but 
>>> since the ISO image is less than 200MB, I'd like to burn it to a CD 
>>> as opposed to a DVD.
>>>
>>> On the first run, the ISO burn process failed and initially reported 
>>> the error "...probably an overrun error...try lowering the burning 
>>> speed...".  I then re-ran the ISO burn with a lower burning speed.  
>>> Nonetheless, as I keep trying to burn a CD at a lower speed, it seems 
>>> that K3b cycles between the aforementioned error message and this 
>>> one: "...cdrecord returned an unknown error (code 1)...if you are 
>>> running an unpatched cdrecord version...and this error also occurs 
>>> with high quality media..."
>>>
>>> The essential versions on my current system: Slackware 12.0 
>>> distribution, KDE 3.5.7, and K3b 1.0.2.
>>>
>>> Somehow, I was successfully able to burn a similar ISO sysrescuecd 
>>> image to CD using K3b when I was running Slackware 11.0 several 
>>> months ago.  According to my records, it looks like I used K3b 
>>> version 1.0.1 at the time.
>>>
>>> Has something changed?  Do I need to do something different?
>>>
>>> I have attached a debugging report for your convenience.  If you want 
>>> more detailed information, just tell me what you want.
>>>
>>> DPD.
>>
>> I have seen similar errors.  It usually turns out that the
>> CD blank is bad.  Try a different brand of disk.  (I use
>> Verbatim and Imation with good success.  Stay way far,
>> far away from Memorix: their quality is terrible)
> I can't comment about Memorex media but I will keep that opinion in 
> mind; by the way, I have Maxell CDs.  Nonetheless, I decided to test 
> many more of the blank Maxell CDs that I have in order to see if just 
> maybe the first few I tried (before writing my first e-mail) could have 
> just been plainly bad media.  No such luck.  Each of the others I've 
> tried (maybe 5 or 6 of them) still produced errors.
> 
> Interestingly, I was successful in burning data on these suspect blank 
> Maxell CDs on my Windows XP Home box using Nero (data write and verify 
> were successful).  So.....is Linux and/or K3b all of a sudden so very 
> sensitive to imperfections in the media?  Maybe the CD functionality on 
> the DVD/CD-RW drive in my Linux box has decided to go haywire since the 
> last successful CD data write/verify?
> 
> If free and disposable time becomes available, I would be reluctantly 
> willing to swap the Windows and Linux DVD/CD-RW drives and run some tests.
> 
> DPD.
>>
>> -T
>>

I use CD Burner XP Pro (http://www.cdburnerxp.se/) over on the
Windows side (XP runs as a virtual machine).  I have found that
once I have touched a disk with Windows, K3B has troubles.

There is a chance that it may be your drive, but I'd get
a different brand of (blank) disks (not Memorix) before going
through the expense of a new drive.

I would love to know what you eventually find out.

-T