Can't read Linux CDs.

[Lorin Pino]

Ed Jabbour wrote:
> On Thu August 31 2006 19:32, rpowersau at gmail.com wrote:
>   
>> On 9/1/06, Ed Jabbour <ejbr at comcast.net> wrote:
>>     
>>> This is very odd.  If I load a live CD of whatever sort,
>>> Ubuntu, Knoppix, etc., it won't mount.  Needless
>>> to say, they don't boot.  If I insert a Netgear installation CD, it
>>> mounts and can be read.  Same for the Scrabble game CD, and same for the
>>> bootable
>>>       
>> Are you running windows when you do this? 
>>     
>
> Nope.  Ubuntu.
>   
>> Have you put the ubuntu live cd or the knoppix cd into your cd reader
>> and rebooted the computer? Is your bios set up for cd booting? Will
>> the computer boot from the windows recovery cd?
>>     
>
> Yes, yes and yes.
>
>   
>> Did you burn these cds yourself while running windows? If so, were
>> they burnt as iso images, not data.
>>     
>
> No, they were burned under Linux, and yes, they were 
> burned as iso images.  
>
> Any of these CDs can be mounted on another Linux PC, just not on the Ubuntu 
> box.  
> In short, commercial CDs are OK, burned CDs are not.
>
> == 
>
>   
Did you eject and reinsert the disc a few times?  I am using cheap 
discs, and they don't get registered sometimes on the first try on my 
machine.  Just a shot in the dark.
~Lorin