| From: Andy Polyakov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | > | > /dev/scd0: closing session | > | > :-( unable to CLOSE SESSION (5h/72h/03h): Input/output error
| > Is this a forgivable flaw in the drive or is this an expected/legal | > result on a standards-conforming drive? | | Believed to be former. Yuck. | > If it is an expected/legal result, some part of the software ought to stop | > scaring innocent users with drastic-sounding messages :-) | | The problem is that the behaviour seem to vary from manufacturer to | manufacturer. One tries to calm down LG user, some other might get a | "heart attack":-) But sure, error message can [and eventually will] be | complemented with "errors might be bogus" whenever dummy mode is | chosen... I wonder if we can get the manufacturer to fix this. After all, they do release upgraded firmware once in a while (even if the user needs MS Windows to update the drive's firmware). Can you point at a standard and say that this LG drive is violating it? If so, I (as a customer) am willing to try to report it as a bug. Of course it is a long way from a support person in Canada to an engineer in Taiwan. | > I find the undocumented growisofs -use-the-force-luke flag intriguing. | > Is there a reason not to document it? | | E.g. http://lists.debian.org/cdwrite/2003/cdwrite-200310/msg00034.html | | But keep in mind that nothing is carved in stone. If enough users want | to see it documented, then one is expected to step up and document it. | If enough users want it to be called something else, then it will be | called something else in next major release. But I expect these matters | to be discussed openly. A. Here is a bit of placeholder documentation. Would you consider adopting it? I'm not confident that the description of -o is accurate. I did find the option parsing a bit, uh, loose. -use-the-force-luke=kitty would be accepted as -use-the-force-luke=tty Hugh Redelmeier [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: +1 416 482-8253 =================================================================== RCS file: RCS/growisofs.1,v retrieving revision 1.1 diff -u -r1.1 growisofs.1 --- growisofs.1 2004/04/28 19:55:31 1.1 +++ growisofs.1 2004/04/28 21:50:50 @@ -93,6 +93,59 @@ version 1.14, version 2.0 is required for multi-session write-once recordings. +.SH MYSTERY OPTIONS +Several options are so arcane or dangerous that we don't document them. +They may be useful to crazy or brilliant users (or front-ends programs such as \fBk3b\fP). +If you want to know what they do, read the source code. +.TP +.BI \-dry\-run +.TP +.BI \-prev\-session +.TP +.BI \-zero\-session +.TP +.BI \-poor\-man +.TP +.BI \-dvd\-compat +.TP +.BI \-overburn +.TP +.BI \-o\- +restricted version of \fBmkisofs\fP -o +.TP +.BI \-dvd\-video +.TP +.BI \-cdrecord\-params n,m +Same as \fBmkisofs\fP +.BI \-C n,m +.TP +.BI \-# +.TP +.BI \-dry\-run +.TP +.BI \-? +.TP +.BI \-help +.TP +.BI \-version + +.TP +.BI \-use\-the\-force\-luke +.TP +.BI \-use\-the\-force\-luke=tty +.TP +.BI \-use\-the\-force\-luke=dummy +.TP +.BI \-use\-the\-force\-luke=notray +.TP +.BI \-use\-the\-force\-luke=moi +.TP +.BI \-use\-the\-force\-luke=dao[[:|=] daosize ] +.TP +.BI \-use\-the\-force\-luke=tracksize[[:|=] tracksize ] +.TP +.BI \-use\-the\-force\-luke=seek[[:|=] next_session ] + .SH EXAMPLES Actual device names vary from one operating system to another. We use \fI/dev/dvd\fP as a collective name or as symbolic link to the actual ================ end ================ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
