[arachne] Re: INFO NEEDED FOR POSSIBLE FUTURE DOS/ARACHNESUPPORT

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Greg M.,
                Yes, you are at a disadvantage trying
to debug the problem if you don't have a known
well behaving CD drive and if you haven't even
tried a "plain" CD R in the drive.   
    If the drive  is a CD burner and if it reads your
XP install disk, then you know the drive reads OK.
So, if after booting the drive reads the install disk
but not your R/W  burned disk, then the problem is
either the protocol used to burn the disk or the
drive doesn't work with R/W disks. 

I would certainly try burning a "plain" CD-R disk and
see what happens.

What program are you using to burn the CD.

Eric 


On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:05:11 +0930 "Greg Mayman" <gmone@xxxxxxxxxx>
writes:
> Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
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> On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:14:52 -0800, Eric S. Emerson wrote:
> 
> > Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
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> > Greg M.,
> >            Some CD drives will only read "plain"
> > CD's. The OS and drivers also effect what the
> > CD drive will read.  My W$98 computer will not
> > read multisession burned CD's properly even
> > though it will burn them just fine.
> 
> > As I said,  CD's do NOT behave as predictably
> > as FDD's.
> 
> Yes, and it is impossible to check whether it is the hardware or the
> software that is at fault. Or indeed the firmware.....
> 
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