Re: CD/DVD diagnostic tools needed

2012-07-04 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 04 Jul 2012 10:21:21 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Tue, Jul 03, 2012 at 02:32:18PM +, Camaleón wrote: >> On Tue, 03 Jul 2012 18:17:12 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: >> >> > On Mon, Jul 02, 2012 at 02:37:42PM +, Camaleón wrote: >> >> On Mon, 02 Jul 2012 11:34:00 +1200, Chris Ba

Re: CD/DVD diagnostic tools needed

2012-07-03 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, Jul 03, 2012 at 02:32:18PM +, Camaleón wrote: > On Tue, 03 Jul 2012 18:17:12 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 02, 2012 at 02:37:42PM +, Camaleón wrote: > >> On Mon, 02 Jul 2012 11:34:00 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > >> > Ouch!!, at least try different media first,

Re: CD/DVD diagnostic tools needed

2012-07-03 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 03 Jul 2012 18:17:12 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Mon, Jul 02, 2012 at 02:37:42PM +, Camaleón wrote: >> On Mon, 02 Jul 2012 11:34:00 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: >> > Ouch!!, at least try different media first, some media are >> > problematic with some DVD/CD drives (according t

Re: CD/DVD diagnostic tools needed

2012-07-02 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Jul 02, 2012 at 02:37:42PM +, Camaleón wrote: > On Mon, 02 Jul 2012 11:34:00 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > > Ouch!!, at least try different media first, some media are problematic > > with some DVD/CD drives (according to some stuff I've read) > > The above "weird, inconsistent, and

Re: CD/DVD diagnostic tools needed

2012-07-02 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 02 Jul 2012 08:37:34 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > Camaleón wrote: >> Optical media is more and more becoming a complete headache. > > Why? (...) - Because these components are usually poorly manufactured and of very bad quality (mixing plastic with laser that neeed a precise calibr

Re: CD/DVD diagnostic tools needed

2012-07-02 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Mon, 02 Jul 2012, Richard Owlett wrote: > Camaleón wrote: > >On Sun, 01 Jul 2012 09:30:21 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > >>I'm having various random problems installing from Live CD's. The > >>problems are weird, inconsistent, and intermittent. The first thing is > >>to determine whether or

Re: CD/DVD diagnostic tools needed

2012-07-02 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 02 Jul 2012 11:34:00 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sun, Jul 01, 2012 at 04:24:05PM +, Camaleón wrote: >> On Sun, 01 Jul 2012 09:30:21 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: >> >> > I'm having various random problems installing from Live CD's. The >> > problems are weird, inconsistent, and

Re: CD/DVD diagnostic tools needed

2012-07-02 Thread Richard Owlett
Chris Bannister wrote: On Sun, Jul 01, 2012 at 04:24:05PM +, Camaleón wrote: On Sun, 01 Jul 2012 09:30:21 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: I'm having various random problems installing from Live CD's. The problems are weird, inconsistent, and intermittent. The first thing is to determine wheth

Re: CD/DVD diagnostic tools needed

2012-07-02 Thread Richard Owlett
Camaleón wrote: On Sun, 01 Jul 2012 09:30:21 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: I'm having various random problems installing from Live CD's. The problems are weird, inconsistent, and intermittent. The first thing is to determine whether or not I have faulty hardware, be it the target box or the box

Re: CD/DVD diagnostic tools needed

2012-07-01 Thread Istimsak
Optical medias are not reliable. Yet still work if you don't mind elbow grease. You have a faulty DVD/CD disk. Try multiple disks and make sure they are clean. If your system supports booting from USB, then install from a flash drive. Chris Bannister wrote: >On Sun, Jul 01, 2012 at 04:24:05PM

Re: CD/DVD diagnostic tools needed

2012-07-01 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Jul 01, 2012 at 04:24:05PM +, Camaleón wrote: > On Sun, 01 Jul 2012 09:30:21 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > I'm having various random problems installing from Live CD's. The > > problems are weird, inconsistent, and intermittent. The first thing is > > to determine whether or not I

Re: CD/DVD diagnostic tools needed

2012-07-01 Thread Keith McKenzie
On 1 July 2012 15:30, Richard Owlett wrote: > I'm having various random problems installing from Live CD's. > The problems are weird, inconsistent, and intermittent. > The first thing is to determine whether or not I have faulty hardware, be > it the target box or the box that burns the CD. > > I

Re: CD/DVD diagnostic tools needed

2012-07-01 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 01 Jul 2012 09:30:21 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > I'm having various random problems installing from Live CD's. The > problems are weird, inconsistent, and intermittent. The first thing is > to determine whether or not I have faulty hardware, be it the target box > or the box that burns

CD/DVD diagnostic tools needed

2012-07-01 Thread Richard Owlett
I'm having various random problems installing from Live CD's. The problems are weird, inconsistent, and intermittent. The first thing is to determine whether or not I have faulty hardware, be it the target box or the box that burns the CD. I've already run memtest86 and Seagate disk diagnostics