[X4U] Tiger DVD burning: LAME!

[netkat at comcast.net]

to add to our body of knowledge, here's a summary 
of my DVD-burning tale of woe:

(Machine:  1.42ghz Mini, factory-installed 
everything: Superdrive, 1GB RAM, Airport, 
bluetooth, modem, video card, stock hard drive. 
Also, all data to be burned was on the mini's own 
internal drive, also its boot volume).

got a burn error a minute or two into burning 
("Writing track 1")

The error said: "Sorry, the operation could not 
be completed because an unexpected error occurred 
(Error code 0x8002006D). (This error was 
different from the "Communication error" I got 
later after getting burning back on track. A 
restart was needed to get around THAT error. 
Didn't jot down the exact verbage of that error, 
but it was something like "burning failed because 
of a communication error with burner.)


After exhausting my knowledge of troubleshooting, 
called Apple support:

turn off computer, Start up again, holding
apple option O F
reset-nvram
ok
reset-all
apple opt p q - 4 chimes

also:
tossed:

com.apple.finder.plist
com.apple.digihub.plist (not there)
com.apple.sidebarlists.plist
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After doing all these things, I still had issues 
with the Mini thinking 4.11GB was too much data 
for my disc, and the communication errors with 
burner (resolved by restarting).

A few times, I had to make disc images of my data 
to 'trick' the mini into burning (which it then 
did).

I used a combination of making burn folders, then 
burning, as well as dragging my data onto a DVD 
icon, then burning. No clear winner with either 
of those techniques.

nk