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Well, it read the Windows Server 2003 install DVD well enough, so it does read DVDs. I will take the second download of the Win7 RC1 beta and reburn from that.
In lieu of a checksum verify which M$ has denied us, I did binary-compare the two images (on a trusty linux box) - no difference. That's as good as I can get to a checksum, unless there's a checksum hash to download from somewhere.
Is there any official M$ forum to check in at to help troubleshoot this? DId also try the Win7 forum at Neowin to no avail.