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Re: Fw: Re: Rethink the noninteractive Live CD default boot?

 

On Wed, 2010-05-26 at 14:19 +0200, Kristoffer Lundén wrote:

> As a point of curiosity: how common are errors in the media? I do
> remember a time when we had to burn our CDs at low speeds or there was
> a high risk of just making coasters; however, it's been many years
> since I've done anything but burning at max speed, and even old CDs or
> DVDs from some drawer still work after years and years. I've asked
> around (not because of this discussion, it came up in another context)
> and anecdotally, this seems to be true for "all" others.
> 
> 
> Not that the media can't be broken, or otherwise compromised. I'm just
> wondering if this happens in a noticeable percentage of installs. In
> other words, is it worth spending time on, especially making more
> prominent?

Is it worth considering the windows exe which will download/burn an
ubuntu cd and possibly do checks for you? At least for people still
running windows xp who don't have iso burning built into their OS.

Martin,




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