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brasero consisantly reports empty [blanked] DVD-RW "not enough space": [?]

Asked by Gary Kline

I have been using two tools to blank/format and write .ISO files. K3B seems to work most of the time but brasero still seems to behave inconsistently. Hopefully someone here will clue me in. I tried to blank a DVD-RW using the Tools->blank feature. I did this more than once. When I tried to burn, brascero yelped that there wasn't enough space. There should have be 4.4GB free. I am new to using this utility as a burner, so I will appreciate any insights.

(The DVD may be bad, but it is a Memorex [brand-name]. I will try again to burn with k3b.)

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Did you MD5 test the ISO?
Personally i have never had luck with brasero. I recommend gnomebaker as it doesn't need all the Qt deps which k3b pulls in

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Gary Kline (kline) said : 		#2

The MD5 did nothing because after blanking, there was no data! Anyway, long-story-short, looks like the DVD was bad. I burned the ISO and had k3b checksum the results. This was on a new or else reformatted disc.

So "Problem Solved".

thanks.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

You md5 test the iso before burning so you can blank all the disks you want. If the iso is bad it will make a bad disk. Please md5 test your iso so you know it is good and therefore remove bad media as a cause of future install issues.
Thanks