good cd/dvd burner for ubuntu

[Colin Law]

On 8 May 2010 16:47, arshad <arshad3m at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 2010-05-08 at 16:40 +0100, Colin Law wrote:
>> On 8 May 2010 16:24, arshad <arshad3m at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > hi,
>> > can anyone recommend me a good cd/dvd burner for ubuntu?
>> > the default brasero sucks.
>> > iv ruined two cds trying to burn lucid. it stops short of finishing
>> > creating check sum.
>>
>> I have never had the slightest problem with brasero.  Do you mean that
>> it stops when creating the checksum after the burn operation?   If so
>> I wonder whether either you have a hardware issue or the CDs are
>> rubbish or possibly you have specified too high a burn speed for the
>> CDs.  You could try burning at minimum speed and see what happens.
>>
>> Colin
>>
>
> yes it stops when creating checksum after the burn operation. i don't
> have any hardware issue nor the cds are rubbish. but i didn't specify
> any burning speed at the start. just let the default values go.

So are you going to try it at minimum speed?

How do you know you do not have a hardware issue?

Colin