cant create bootable cd

[Wade Smart]

I was using Brasero on both machines.

However, I tried the original cdrw in a windows machine and it boots up fine.
Im starting to wonder about hardware troubles.

Wade
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On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 06:27, Karl F. Larsen<klarsen1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Wade Smart wrote:
>> I have three computers running ubuntu 9.04 and none of them will
>> burn a cd. I have several cd-r's and 1 cdrw. All of the machines say
>> they are attempting to write but after a long period of time - they all
>> say finished and then eject the cd - but nothing is written on the cd's.
>>
>> Wade
>>
>> Registered Linux User: #480675
>> Linux since June 2005
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 21:49, Wade Smart<wadesmart at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Yea, the hardware does as does the cd.
>>> I just dont have another cdrw with me at the moment.
>>>
>>> Wade
>>>
>>> Registered Linux User: #480675
>>> Linux since June 2005
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 21:36, Sandy Harris<sandyinchina at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 9:35 AM, Wade Smart<wadesmart at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> My cd with 9.04 seems to have errors so I thought I would blank it and
>>>>> then write it again. When I originally wrote this cd I was on 8.04. But
>>>>> now that Im on 9.04 (laptop) I cant write the cd. I get this error:
>>>>> "Please choose another cd: The size of the project is too large..."
>>>>>
>>>>> Its the same image I used originally, size is 699mb.
>>>> My guess would be it is trying to add the new image after the old
>>>> one & there isn't room for both. Not all CDs can be erased; both
>>>> the drive and the media must support that or it won't work. Are
>>>> you certain yours do support erasure?
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, just use a fresh CD. They're cheap.
>>>>
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>        All Ubuntu cd burners are broken. Tell us which one your trying to use.
> The k3b is supposed to work but I can't seem to get it working right on
> Hardy.
>
>
> karl
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