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Questions tagged [optical-media]

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How can I install Windows 7 without burning a DVD or using a USB Drive?

I downloaded the .iso of Windows 7 and would now like to install it as my main OS. However I can't because I don't have a DVD Burner, a 2+ GB USB Drive, or a external HDD (or extra HDD). So how can I install Windows 7?
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Can I use Ethernet transceivers on InfiniBand devices?

Specifically, can I use 40GBASE-whatever transceivers as 40G QDR transceiver on common Mellanox devices? If not, what's the cause of such incompatibility?
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Create Event Log entry when a file is opened, or copied from CD/DVD

I've been tasked with configuring Group Policy/writing a .NET Windows Service which will add entries into a Windows Event Log whenever a user opens or copies a file/files from any optical media (not interested in removable USB drives). My first…
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CentOS Stop CD-ROM from mounting at boot

How can I stop CentOS 5.3 from trying to mount my CD-ROM drives during boot? What will it affect if I disable it? Will my USB Drives still automount? Additional Information There is no entries in the fstab or mtab to automount the drives. It is the…
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encrypt backups

I am not sure if i understand everything but I need to backup a few drives and i would like them encrypted on disc. I know if a sector is scratched/corrupted there is a crc error. If i have a large file would a scratch on one part take down the…
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How to identify/use existing fiber installation?

When my parents had their house built about 10 years ago, the wiring guy told them that he should install some fiber in the walls, saying that it would be good for future use. So there is some kind of fiber-optic cable connected to several rooms…
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Is there a better workaround or solution to boot a Proliant DL380 Gen8 from USB DVD drive than "Restore Default System Settings"?

An HP Proliant DL380e Gen8 BIOS P73 (03/01/2013) using iLO4 suffers from USB CD/DVD drive boot issues after a reboot, as described in HP Advisory c02707749. External USB DVD drive details are: Product ID: 0x0719 Vendor ID: 0x05e3 (Genesys…
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Remove DVD drive from device manager - command line

Is there a way through command line to uninstall the entry under DVD/CD-ROM drives in device manager? Somehow someone applied a GPO on our top level domain and it's affected a number of things, I've resolved the other issues but when users try to…
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Cannot mount cdrom in Linux due to "I/O error"

This is a most puzzling error, and I can't seem to find anyone else with quite the same problem. I use a Sony Vaio VGN-FE890 laptop running Arch Linux kernel 2.6.30-ARCH. Inserting a cd into the optical drive makes it spin for a bit, then do…
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Windows 2008 R2 Backup to DVD

Been playing with Windows 2008 R2 and I ended up creating a backup of my test server and stored the backup files on my local machine. How can I copy the backup files from my local machine to a DVD? Also, would I be capable of using the backup files…
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How to install packages on debian lenny 5.0

I'm working with Debian Lenny 5.0 and I'm trying to replicate an environment. The problem is that when I try to update aptitude.. it looks like the servers aren't online anymore. Is there any way for me to install some libraries by aptitude…
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How to make a bootable install DVD into multiple CD's

I have a bootable install DVD that I want to install on a older test server that only has a CD Rom. How can I copy that DVD onto multiple CD's in order to install. This server is a DL320 which has a combo CD/Floppy which is scsi. I have tried to…
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How to effeciently copy large amount of data dvd's to disk?

Anyone have an ideas on how to copy many dvd's to disk effeciently? Currently we are inserting each disk individually and copying them then un-mounting them, inserting the next disk and so on. Ideally, we could buy a device with multiple cd-roms.…
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Windows Server 2003 Standard R2 CD 1 cannot boot: freeze at No Emulation

I've been interested in the Windows Server line of OSes, so since I apply for DreamSpark, I thought I'd go download it and try it. I just so happened to have an old desktop that I was using awhile ago for Windows XP, so I imaged the drive in…
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Installed Windows7, DVD Drives No Longer Recognized

I just wiped XP and installed Windows 7 on my PC. The install went great, no errors reported. However as I popped in some CDs to install some of my software, I notice that neither of my DVD drives are reading any cd/dvds. When I open Windows…
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