Re: Download onto CD failed to burn

[Klistvud <klistwud@gmail.com>]

Dne, 13. 05. 2011 03:14:28 je Chris napisal(a):
> Make sure you are burning as an iso image and not just burning the  
> actual file to the media
> Sent from my BlackBerry®
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Selinger <mikesels@yahoo.com>
> Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 17:29:58
> To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Subject: Download onto CD failed to burn
>
> Hello,
>
>   I'm interested in trying out Debian's OS.  I downloaded from your  
> website, which
> took a half hour even with a high speed cable connection.  I then  
> sent it on to my
> E-drive, to burn it onto a disc.  After 17 mins., I forced a  
> shutdown...log message
> "Burn failed."  I'm at a loss.  Never had a problem burning a cd or  
> dvd on this unit.
>
> Any suggestions?  I would like to get away from relying on Windows,  
> and try your
> OS, as I heard it was superior.

Wellcome to the free world.

In addition to what Chris suggested, perhaps you have a corrupted  
download? If that is the case, try downloading a smaller version of  
Debian (I suggest the "netinst" CD iso), it will install just as well  
as the largest DVDs.

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