On Tue, 7 Feb 2012 20:54:28 +0000 (UTC) Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:07:54 +0000, richard wrote: > > > I have a DVD thats been sent to me that should be bootable, but > > isnt, it is appendable, how do I make it bootable, I thought maybe > > make an image of the files on the DVD, but not sure hw to > > "Appendable"? You mean the disc was not finalized? :-? > > What kind of information/data contains that DVD? Is it commercial > media, a linux distribution...? Is it +/-RW? > > I've never had any success when closing optical media that was burned > from different sources but if the contained data is really bootable > you should be able to create an ISO image from that DVD and proceed > with a usual burning session in a new DVD media. > > Greetings, > That was from media info in K3B:- Type: DVD-R Sequential Media ID: MBI 01RG40 Capacity: 510:38:38 min (4.4 GiB) Used Capacity: 434:42:42 min (3.7 GiB) Remaining: 75:55:71 min (667.4 MiB) Rewritable: no Appendable: yes Empty: no Layers: 1 Sessions: 1 Supported writing speeds: 3.0x (4155 KB/s) 4.0x (5540 KB/s) 6.0x (8310 KB/s) 8.0x (11080 KB/s) I'm trying to fix a screwed up partition on the laptop The DVD has a copy of something like coca-cola companies lemonade on it but the person who copied it did not make it bootable. Not that I use it just I like anything on a machine to work. not too cryptic I hope. -- -- Best wishes / 73 Richard Bown e-mail: rich...@g8jvm.com or richard.b...@blueyonder.co.uk nil carborundum a illegitemis ################################################################################## Ham Call G8JVM . OS Fedora FC16 x86_64 on a Dell Insiron N5030 laptop Maidenhead QRA: IO82SP38, LAT. 52 39.720' N LONG. 2 28.171 W ( degs mins ) QRV HF + VHF Microwave 23 cms:140W,13 cms:100W,6 cms:10W & 3 cms:5W ################################################################################## -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120207212348.1a1fc...@lap.g8jvm.com
