K3b - the cd and dvd Kreator

[shankle]

Hope this is in the right place.
I tried to  create a DVD with this program and it gave errors in the Verify
portion. Stopped and went to Windozzz to do it. Yuk.
Where can I get some insight as to a solution to this?
Of course being new it's probably my fault.

[joechimp]

Hi shankle,

It used to be the other way around for me. Windows screwed up and I went to K3b.
K3b is the most trouble free burner I have ever used. It's all I use now.

That being said, please post a little more information on your error. Someone more informed than I will assist you I am sure.

Good Luck.

[dobbs]

I tried to  create a DVD with this program and it gave errors in the Verify
portion.

I've noticed this too. I think it's a bug in K3B. If verify burn is clicked, the program reports a bad burn, but it is actually a good burn. Check a disk that was reported as a bad one and see if it's OK....
I fixed problem by unchecking verify.....

[joechimp]

That is probably the reason I don't have any problems. I never check the verify. Guess that could be the solution.

[Old-Polack]

For whatever reason, when I set k3b to Do not eject mediim after write process, the verification then works correctly.

[shankle]

Thank you old-polack.
I will definitely take a look at your suggestion.
The DVD that I am burning needs to be verified.
Program works real nice except for the verify.

[Old-Polack]

Thank you old-polack.
I will definitely take a look at your suggestion.
The DVD that I am burning needs to be verified.
Program works real nice except for the verify.

If you have an md5sum number for the image being written, you can verify it directly, after a burn, with the command;

[polack@fatman ~]$ md5sum /dev/<whatever>                 <Enter>

Replace <whatever> with the proper drive designation for your burner.

Throwing in a disk, at random, I get this;

[polack@fatman ~]$ md5sum /dev/hdc
f6f5259f67348cb15679acae935a1bc4  /dev/hdc

Checking the md5 checksum files I find this.

f6f5259f67348cb15679acae935a1bc4  PCLinuxOS-N1PTT-TR6.iso

[shankle]

This in response to the message from Old-Polack.

Downloaded Clonezilla-live ISO 115mb to a file.
Made the changes you suggested to K3b.
Ran K3b to copy Clonezilla-live to a DVD.
The copy worked but the verify gave a dozen+ errors.
"Problem while reading from sector"
A download of this type MUST be verified.
So K3b must work all the way through.

[cyrwyn]

I've had this verify problem, too, and with a Clonezilla .iso and others. Apparently there is a bug. When I've checked the md5 sums they match and the disks run OK. K3B has had some verify bugs over the past few versions. I guess they haven't found them all. You could also run a mediacheck on a mounted disk.

[Old-Polack]

This in response to the message from Old-Polack.

Downloaded Clonezilla-live ISO 115mb to a file.
Made the changes you suggested to K3b.
Ran K3b to copy Clonezilla-live to a DVD.
The copy worked but the verify gave a dozen+ errors.
"Problem while reading from sector"
A download of this type MUST be verified.
So K3b must work all the way through.

"Problem while reading from sector" could indicate burning at too high a speed, or possibly a dirty laser lens. Try the direct verification method. If the md5sum from that is different from the original image md5sum, or if you again get a read error, you have a definite bad burn, and K3B is correct.

If the md5sum is the same, then you can say there's a bug in K3b.