K3b and Nautilus not burning CD

[Rajiv Vyas]

On 8/26/05, Alvin Thompson <alvin-ubuntu at thompsonlogic.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-08-25 at 21:36 -0400, Rajiv Vyas wrote:
> > This is crazy. I get error 254 half way through when I am burning CD
> > with  K3b. I also tried logging in as root and burning it but the same
> > thing happens. Has anyone experienced this. What's the solution.
> 
> ubuntu does not turn on DMA to the CDROM by default. both my desktop and
> laptop will make coasters under ubuntu if DMA is not on, so maybe that's
> your problem as well. check www.ubuntuguide.org for instructions on how
> to turn on DMA.


So, I got the DMA thing fixed and my CD burns all the way. The only
problem is that after I have have burned the Breezy CD, I was unable
to install it on the PC. Not sure what I did wrong here. The burn
speed was about 8X, I can go up to 20X.

Rajiv