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Silly question probably, but with all the cd and dvd formats available, which should we use?DVD-r, Dvd+r... and Cd-r? I was under the impression that the DVD-r and CD-r were the most reliable if we're going to use them on the computer and our home/car units. True? Also, when can the DVD-DL be used? Do they play on home units or only computer? Thanks for your insight.

I'm not entirely sure what's going on here. My x86 ISO's worked fine. However, I do suspect something got hatched when Sun rolled in the ZFS code (or something else). On my Blade 100, the SPARC ISO (disk 1) panic's part-way through the boot. I have burned three ISO's successfully, and they all panic. This is the same batch of blank CD's I've used for a number of releases, including the aforementioned x86 disks. So, while whatever the new code is may work on my x86, I'm suspecting it is hanging on your system, and the SPARC compile is panic'ing on my Blade 100.
We're probably going to have to wait a while, as Sun shuts down for the July 4 week. :-(
So much for upgrading my Blade 100 this weekend.
Rainer
"Look ma! Coasters!"

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