[wellylug] tip for cdrecord and those running 2.4 kernel
Vincent Cox
vinnie1 at paradise.net.nz
Mon Jan 5 22:44:54 NZDT 2004
lug wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I'm running debian sarge with cdrecord 2.01a19.
>
>I've recently been in the business of making frisbees/coasters.
>
>cdrecord would bail after (insert random amount here) megabytes of
>writing to a new cd.
>
>I googled and discovered the magic words:
>
>hdparm -d0 -c1 /dev/hdd
>hdparm -d 1 -X 34 /dev/hdd
>
>So, if any of you were having zero luck creating your backup cd's
>(cough), then this might help.
>
>Thanks to this, I now have a fresh copy of morphix on cd. If anyone
>wants a copy let me know, and we can arrange terms.
>
>fyi:
>http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/SCSI-2.4-HOWTO/sr.html
>
>jamie
>
>
>
>
Hi
The best thing with kernel 2.6 is the fact that you don't need
ide-scsi. In atapi mode my burn speeds are double what they used to be.
I believe it may also work with recent 2.4 kernels as well.
vince
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