That's lovely Himanshu,
Well done. Still if you need Mandriva 2007 drop me a line.
Cheers,
-Tarun

--- In SunCityJodhpurLUG@..., Himanshu Chauhan
<hs.chauhan@...> wrote:
>
> Voila!! I succeeded in burning a DVD finally....
> Don't use "Auto" speed in the menu... Choose 2x the "Max" You will
succeed!!
> Finally I can archive my data!!
>
> Long live linux community and linux!!!
>
> Tarun Kant wrote:
> >
> > Hi Himanshu,
> >
> > Let me clarify. I didn't mean hardware issue with your DVD drive, what
> > I meant was that there are some drives which don't have proper support
> > under Linux. Like my laptop's drive does not let me run Freespire or
> > Linspire. I later on found out that the drive is not supported forthe
> > way grub in these distros is configured. So I have a hardware issue
> > that way.
> >
> > Regarding upgrade I guess that should not be any problem. As long as
> > you choose to upgrade, there should be no issues whatsoever. And
> > Mandriva offers an upgradation option. Upgradation will however be a
> > very time consuming process. Can take as long as 4 hours.
> >
> > I hope this helps
> > Cheers
> > -Tarun
> >
> > --- In SunCityJodhpurLUG@...
> > <mailto:SunCityJodhpurLUG%40yahoogroups.co.in>, Himanshu Chauhan
> > <hs.chauhan@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Tarun,
> > >
> > > Had this been a DVD hardware specific issue, I can't understand why
> > nero is
> > > able to burn? Any ways I would like to use Mandriva 2007. But I
have a
> > > problem,
> > > I have a pretty good amount of "compiled" software installed on the
> > current
> > > installation. "/home" directory is fine as it houses on a separate
> > > partition but
> > > all other (like root, usr etc) are on single partition. If I install
> > > 2007, I would loose
> > > the installations, which I don't want to! Any work around for that?
> > >
> > > Please send me the 2007 DVD if possible. My address is
> > > Himanshu Chauhan
> > > inDSP Audio Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
> > > 341 Nila Building
> > > Technopark, Trivandrum
> > > Kerala 695581
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > --Himanshu
> > >
> > >
> > > Tarun Kant wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi Himanshu,
> > > >
> > > > You didn't mention which DVD burner frontend were you using on
> > > > Mandriva LE 2005. I am pretty sure it must be K3B. The problem
sounds
> > > > DVD hardware specific. I have used the same version of
Mandriva on my
> > > > laptop but never had an issue.
> > > >
> > > > Moreover, Mandriva LE 2005 had several issues with other things as
> > > > well. It was the first Mandriva, that is the one which changed
from
> > > > Mandrake. Mandriva 2006 was good but also had some serious
issues with
> > > > diferent things. Now Mandriva 2007 is out. I am using it for quite
> > > > some time now and find it pretty tweaked. I would recommend
that you
> > > > go for an upgrade to Mandriva 2007. It came out free on DVD
media with
> > > > LFY magazine couple of months back. I can copy it and sent it
your way
> > > > if you want. Try this newer version and I am hopeful your DVD
problem
> > > > might get rectified as well.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers
> > > > -Tarun
> > > >
> > > > --- In SunCityJodhpurLUG@...
> > <mailto:SunCityJodhpurLUG%40yahoogroups.co.in>
> > > > <mailto:SunCityJodhpurLUG%40yahoogroups.co.in>, "H. Chauhan"
> > > > <hs.chauhan@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Dear all,
> > > > >
> > > > > I am using Mandriva 2005 Limited editions on my Acer 3003
laptops.
> > > > > Since the very begining I am facing troubles in burning
DVDs. I am
> > > > > able to successfully burn CDs but its not the case with
DVDs. The
> > > > > driver either fails to read the DVDs and when it reads it
> > > > > successfully, OS says Input/Output error.
> > > > >
> > > > > Is anyone of you facing same problem? Why is it happening and is
> > there
> > > > > any solution to this? The same DVD I can successfully burn
on a Win$
> > > > > session.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards
> > > > > --Himanshu
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Himanshu Chauhan
> > > > > Systems Software Engineer
> > > > > inDSP Audio Technologies
> > > > > Technopark, Trivandrum
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > =====================================
> > > Himanshu Chauhan
> > > System Software Engineer
> > > inDSP Audio Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
> > > Technopark
> > > Trivandram, Kerala
> > >
> > > M:(+91)-(999)-(518)-(5989)
> > >
> > > "I refuse to accept that lines on my
> > > palm are my destiny, look at them
> > > they change!!"
> > > --Myself
> > > =====================================
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> =====================================
> Himanshu Chauhan
> System Software Engineer
> inDSP Audio Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
> Technopark
> Trivandram, Kerala
>
> M:(+91)-(999)-(518)-(5989)
>
> "I refuse to accept that lines on my
> palm are my destiny, look at them
> they change!!"
> --Myself
> =====================================
>