[ale] Install Issues with my inspiron 8500

[tfreeman at intel.digichem.net]

On 6 Sep 2004, James P. Kinney III wrote:

> On Mon, 2004-09-06 at 16:56, Jonathan Rickman wrote:
> 
<<snip details> 
> My FD2 download  all the disks passed the md5sum check for the iso and
> all passed the diskcheck test in the install program. I STILL had
> problems with unreadable files! 
> 
> Apparently, the need to burn at a slower speed for install disks has not
> been fully tested yet. There are some disk heating issues with numerous
> drives. This is more prevalent with multi-disk Linux installs the normal
> head placement calibrations occur with a cooler drive. 
> 

Two weeks ago, I had a headache with self-burned CDs for a Fedora Core2 
install, and none of the reburns worked worth a pituie (technical term 
8-)) either. Joy was had by swaping out the cd-rom drive for another one 
lying around the house.

Which now begs the question - is there a way for a general user to test a 
cd or dvd drive to discover if it is within spec? Same question for a 
drive capable of burning same also.

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