[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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