Burning Live CD

[Charlie Kravetz]

On Mon, 3 Nov 2008 07:03:11 -0700
"Allen Meyers" <texas.chef94 at gmail.com> wrote:

> No my focus is to repair my CD ROM capability. The exchange between
> HP and myself did occur in windows, but only because naturally he
> knew nothing about Linux.
> I In Linux I have tried everything and CD ROM does not recognize
> blank media in either OS
> Any help appreciated
> 
> On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 6:50 AM, Charlie Kravetz
> <cjk at teamcharliesangels.com>wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 3 Nov 2008 06:45:30 -0700
> > "Allen Meyers" <texas.chef94 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > In an effort to make burning a live CD a reality going to give
> > > this one more shot.
> > > 1. It does not recognize that there is a blank CD inserted
> > > 2. It will play both a music CD as well as a data (computer based
> > > learning CD)
> > > In desperation I went to live chat on HP support and was fortunate
> > > enough to get someone who understood English and was not
> > > outsourced to India. What follows good bad or indifferent is what
> > > he outlined I do and what I did (It still does not recognize
> > > blank media. This exchange I am about to relate obviously will
> > > only be understood by the really experienced user.  I suredo not
> > > understand what I did.* I do know it helped absolutely nothing*
> > > *I cannot afford a new PC, but would it help to purchase an
> > > external device as I do insist on being able to burn live CD or
> > > my fun in Linux will come to an end.*
> > > I reset BIOS, reinstall cd/dvd drivers for checking the issue. All
> > > that was really done here was the assurance that yes was
> > > highlighted to assure I was back to my default BIOS settings.
    <snip>

Okay, seriously then, this is a cd-rw or dvd-rw, right.

If it is a combo cd/dvd burner, have you tried both cd-r and dvd-r
media? 

I have one system here that never gives the message that I have
inserted blank media, but if I right-click on an .iso file, it has
¨burn image¨ as an option and works. To burn an audio or data cd, I
have to start with Brassero (using Xubuntu) and it will then recognize
it is blank media. The CD Creator window never exists on that system.

I also had this with a cd/dvd combo burner that lost the burner side.
It plays great, but quit burning about 2 years ago.

Good luck,

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Charlie Kravetz 
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