<html> <head> <style> .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } </style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'><div style="text-align: left;">ok apologies. i thought id start a new thread. tried burning with k3b but that failed miserabley. So now tried something called brasero!! this is the error message i got..i apologise for the copy and paste...it doesnt make any sense to me! imager (BraseroLocalImage) set_output job (BraseroLocalImage) set_task imager (BraseroLocalImage) get_track job (BraseroLocalImage) set_task Session starting:     flags            = 17271     media type    = 0     speed        = 4     track type        = 6     track format    = 3     output        = none job (BraseroGrowisofs) set_source imager (BraseroGrowisofs) set_output_type recorder (BraseroGrowisofs) set_drive imager (BraseroGrowisofs) set_output imager (BraseroGrowisofs) unsupported operation (in brasero_imager_set_output at burn-imager.c:142) job (BraseroGrowisofs) set_task imager (BraseroGrowisofs) get_size process (BraseroGrowisofs) getting varg growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) set_action process (BraseroGrowisofs) got varg:     growisofs     -use-the-force-luke=notray     -dvd-compat     -use-the-force-luke=tty     -Z     /dev/hdb     -dry-run     -r     -J     -input-charset     utf8     -graft-points     -D     -path-list     /tmp/brasero_tmp_7mXtW0/brasero_tmp_Y7LKZT     -exclude-list     /tmp/brasero_tmp_7mXtW0/brasero_tmp_F7LKZT     -print-size process (BraseroGrowisofs) launching command process (BraseroGrowisofs) stdout: Executing 'genisoimage -r -J -input-charset utf8 -graft-points -D -path-list /tmp/brasero_tmp_7mXtW0/brasero_tmp_Y7LKZT -exclude-list /tmp/brasero_tmp_7mXtW0/brasero_tmp_F7LKZT -print-size | builtin_dd of=/dev/hdb obs=32k seek=0' process (BraseroGrowisofs) stderr: Total extents scheduled to be written = 63339 growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) set_total process (BraseroGrowisofs) stdout: HUP process (BraseroGrowisofs) stderr: HUP job (BraseroGrowisofs) asked to stop     status    = 0 iter (BraseroGrowisofs) stopping process (BraseroGrowisofs) got killed iter (BraseroGrowisofs) stopped job (BraseroGrowisofs) got out of loop job (BraseroGrowisofs) set_task job (BraseroGrowisofs) set_rate recorder (BraseroGrowisofs) set_drive recorder (BraseroGrowisofs) set_flags job (BraseroGrowisofs) set_task recorder (BraseroGrowisofs) record process (BraseroGrowisofs) getting varg growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) set_action process (BraseroGrowisofs) got varg:     growisofs     -use-the-force-luke=notray     -use-the-force-luke=dao     -speed=4     -use-the-force-luke=tracksize:63339     -Z     /dev/hdb     -r     -J     -input-charset     utf8     -graft-points     -D     -path-list     /tmp/brasero_tmp_7mXtW0/brasero_tmp_Y7LKZT     -exclude-list     /tmp/brasero_tmp_7mXtW0/brasero_tmp_F7LKZT     -V     Data disc (03 Oct 07)     -A     Brasero-0.5.2     -sysid     LINUX     -v process (BraseroGrowisofs) launching command process (BraseroGrowisofs) stdout: Executing 'genisoimage -r -J -input-charset utf8 -graft-points -D -path-list /tmp/brasero_tmp_7mXtW0/brasero_tmp_Y7LKZT -exclude-list /tmp/brasero_tmp_7mXtW0/brasero_tmp_F7LKZT -V Data disc (03 Oct 07) -A Brasero-0.5.2 -sysid LINUX -v | builtin_dd of=/dev/hdb obs=32k seek=0' process (BraseroGrowisofs) stderr: genisoimage 1.1.2 (Linux) process (BraseroGrowisofs) stderr: Writing:   Initial Padblock                        Start Block 0 process (BraseroGrowisofs) stderr: Done with: Initial Padblock                        Block(s)    16 process (BraseroGrowisofs) stderr: Writing:   Primary Volume Descriptor               Start Block 16 process (BraseroGrowisofs) stderr: Done with: Primary Volume Descriptor               Block(s)    1 process (BraseroGrowisofs) stderr: Writing:   Joliet Volume Descriptor                Start Block 17 process (BraseroGrowisofs) stderr: Done with: Joliet Volume Descriptor                Block(s)    1 process (BraseroGrowisofs) stderr: Writing:   End Volume Descriptor                   Start Block 18 process (BraseroGrowisofs) stderr: Done with: End Volume Descriptor                   Block(s)    1 process (BraseroGrowisofs) stderr: Writing:   Version block                           Start Block 19 process (BraseroGrowisofs) stderr: Done with: Version block                           Block(s)    1 process (BraseroGrowisofs) stderr: Writing:   Path table                              Start Block 20 process (BraseroGrowisofs) stderr: Done with: Path table                              Block(s)    4 process (BraseroGrowisofs) stderr: Writing:   Joliet path table                       Start Block 24 process (BraseroGrowisofs) stderr: Done with: Joliet path table                       Block(s)    4 process (BraseroGrowisofs) stderr: Writing:   Directory tree                          Start Block 28 process (BraseroGrowisofs) stderr: Done with: Directory tree                          Block(s)    1 process (BraseroGrowisofs) stderr: Writing:   Joliet directory tree                   Start Block 29 process (BraseroGrowisofs) stderr: Done with: Joliet directory tree                   Block(s)    1 process (BraseroGrowisofs) stderr: Writing:   Directory tree cleanup                  Start Block 30 process (BraseroGrowisofs) stderr: Done with: Directory tree cleanup                  Block(s)    0 process (BraseroGrowisofs) stderr: Writing:   Extension record                        Start Block 30 process (BraseroGrowisofs) stderr: Done with: Extension record                        Block(s)    1 process (BraseroGrowisofs) stderr: Writing:   The File(s)                             Start Block 31 process (BraseroGrowisofs) stderr:   7.91% done, estimate finish Wed Oct  3 17:41:30 2007 growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) set_total growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) set_written growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) set_progress growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) set_action growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) start_progress process (BraseroGrowisofs) stderr:  15.81% done, estimate finish Wed Oct  3 17:41:30 2007 growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) set_total growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) set_written growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) set_progress growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) set_action growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) start_progress process (BraseroGrowisofs) stderr:  23.69% done, estimate finish Wed Oct  3 17:41:30 2007 growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) set_total growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) set_written growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) set_progress growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) set_action growisofs (BraseroGrowisofs) start_progress process (BraseroGrowisofs) stderr: /dev/hdb: pre-formatting blank DVD+RW... process (BraseroGrowisofs) stderr: /dev/hdb: "Current Write Speed" is 4.1x1352KBps. process (BraseroGrowisofs) stderr: :-[ WRITE@LBA=0h failed with SK=5h/ASC=30h/ACQ=10h]: Wrong medium type process (BraseroGrowisofs) stderr: :-( media is not formatted or unsupported. job (BraseroGrowisofs) asked to stop     status    = 1     error        = 1     message    = "Unhandled error, aborting" iter (BraseroGrowisofs) stopping process (BraseroGrowisofs) got killed process (BraseroGrowisofs) stderr: :-( media is not formatted or unsupported.:-( write failed: Wrong medium type job (BraseroGrowisofs) asked to stop     status    = 1     error        = 1     message    = "Unhandled error, aborting" iter (BraseroGrowisofs) stopping iter (BraseroGrowisofs) stopped job (BraseroGrowisofs) got out of loop iter (BraseroGrowisofs) stopped job (BraseroGrowisofs) got out of loop job (BraseroGrowisofs) set_task Session error : Unhandled error, aborting </div></body> </html>