[DC LoCo] Houston is there a problem? Fwd: 12.04 LTS

[Greg Reagle]

On 04/27/2012 01:45 PM, Matthew Gallagher wrote:
> One other thing you may want to do is burn the disk at the slowest
> possible speed.

I agree with the above recommendation.  I also agree with the sentiment that burning CDs and reading CDs can be problematic.  Like Mackenzie, I've experienced a lot of defective optical drives and discs.  If you can avoid burning optical discs then do so.  Alternatives are solid state memory (e.g. flash memory) and magnetic media (e.g. external hard drive).

Whatever type of medium you are using, always
- check the sum after a download before burning/writing
- verify the medium (this is an option on the Ubuntu boot menu) before installing

> Debian/Ubuntu isos in particular seem to need to be burned at a slow
> speed, especially on laptop burners.
> 
> On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 11:49 AM, Mackenzie Morgan <macoafi at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 11:22 AM, jerry w <jerrywone at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> two separate downloads and burns have similar
>>> problems
>>
>> Have you considered cleaning the read head on the optical drive or the
>> possibility that the optical drive has gone to hell in the last 6
>> months?
>>
>> (Seriously, one of my laptops went through TWO optical drives in 3
>> years. I just stopped replacing the darn thing. It's still busted. I
>> have USB sticks, and my other laptop can still rip CDs, so I stopped
>> caring.)
>>
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