On Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:14:19 +0000, richard wrote: > On Wed, 8 Feb 2012 14:53:06 +0000 (UTC) Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> > wrote:
(...) >> > I'm trying to fix a screwed up partition on the laptop >> >> With this media? :-? >> >> > 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. >> >> I don't know what you mean here by "bootable". If the disc was not >> finalized your DVD reader can experience difficulties for accessing it, >> although the data on it is indeed bootable. >> >> >> > Ummmmm, well it doesn't boot, thats the the problem, Can you read it at least? > doesn't something have to be written to tracks on the DVD to make it > bootable the same as the data in the MBR on a hard drive ? My guess is that the disc has not finalized/closed. Have you tried with "wodim -fix" or something similar? Anyway, as I told you before, these experiments have never worked for me. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- 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/jgu4od$6gf$9...@dough.gmane.org
