i cant burn mandrake right... help :(

[johneetrash]

i burned it with a TDK VeloCD (12x)... used Nero and fireburner..

ive never used fireburner so i just opened the file with it and burned... didnt check anything...

i burned it with fireburner and nothing burned on the cd...

the last times i burned it with nero (about 3 times?) i followed the directions on some of the posts here and on the mandrake site... sometimes it doesnt detect the cd in windows, sometimes it does..

yesterday i actually got to the install part, and while it was installing, it slowed down to a crawl about 1 minute through the installation, progress stalled when there was estimated 6 hours and 30 minutes left to install...

am i burning it wrong? should i just try again?

 

[igiveup]

I am with you man. I tried NERO too (version 5.0) and the thing is just a pain in the a$$. Instructions don't help at all. Anybody?

 

[duragezic]

Hmm sorry no solution but I'm using a Plextor 8x4x32 and burned the mandrake iso fine with Fireburner. I don't check anything, just add the .iso and click burn.

 

[johneetrash]

what kind of burner do you have igiveup ?

 

[potz]

which vers of fireburner u using? i think the default settings should be fine.

 

[johneetrash]

the lastest one i think... i just dled it before i downloaded it (so it's not registered yet)

 

[igiveup]

I have the Yamaha Lightspeed 16x. I love the thing, but my case is frustrating the hell out of me. Because of the way Dell set it up I can't get the IDE cable to the other CD drive from the HD. Because of this my CDRW and CD are both on the same IDE channel, and needless to say, I don't get 16x. Maybe 8 or 12, and only 12 when I burn from the HD. GGGRRRRRR.:disgust::frown::frown:

 

[BreakApart]

Are you burning the Mandrake downloaded ISO? or trying to copy the CD?

Burning the ISO with Nero--> NERO- Burning ISO