Re: alternative to cdrecord?

2004-08-24 Thread John Summerfield
Wim De Smet wrote: It was LG. The model was an IDE cdrom drive that wasn't supposed to implement the command in question. I think it was the flush command which is apparently only used by cd-r(w) drives. The drive implemented this as "flush firmware". pretty funny story if you think of it. :-) N

Re: alternative to cdrecord?

2004-08-24 Thread Wim De Smet
On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 15:31:31 +0800, John Summerfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Brian Pack wrote: > > >With the old > >kernel, a user could potentially wipe a drives firmware. > > > > > > > which actually happend with a release of Mandrake Linux and some brand I > won't name coz I don't recall i

Re: alternative to cdrecord?

2004-08-24 Thread John Summerfield
Brian Pack wrote: With the old kernel, a user could potentially wipe a drives firmware. which actually happend with a release of Mandrake Linux and some brand I won't name coz I don't recall its name of CD-ROM. The manufactorer misused one of the standard SCSI commands:-) -- Cheers John -- sp

Re: alternative to cdrecord?

2004-08-23 Thread Marc Wilson
On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 08:53:12AM +0800, csj wrote: > Pretty well-known issues;-) 2.6.8.x breaks current versions of at > least two of the most popular optical media writing tools, > cdrecord and growisofs. I knew there was a reason I stayed with the 2.6.5 kernel I was running. :) -- Marc Wils

Re: alternative to cdrecord?

2004-08-23 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Marc Wilson (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 04:44:15PM -0400, Brian Pack wrote: >> I've been hit with the issues between cdrecord and the 2.6.8 kernel. > > "The" issues... what issues? Kernel 2.8 has an "improved" security model that (for now) does not allow normal

Re: alternative to cdrecord?

2004-08-23 Thread Michael D Schleif
* Brian Pack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004:08:23:16:44:15-0400] scribed: > I've been hit with the issues between cdrecord and the 2.6.8 kernel. Does this also affect cdrdao? My boxen are at 2.6.3x, and I have considered upping them . . . -- Best Regards, mds mds resource 877.596.8237 - Dare to fi

Re: alternative to cdrecord?

2004-08-23 Thread csj
On 23. August 2004 at 3:06PM -0700, Marc Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 04:44:15PM -0400, Brian Pack wrote: > > I've been hit with the issues between cdrecord and the 2.6.8 > > kernel. > > "The" issues... what issues? Pretty well-known issues;-) 2.6.8.x breaks curre

Re: alternative to cdrecord?

2004-08-23 Thread Simon Kitching
On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 10:36, Brian Pack wrote: > Haven't you heard? IIRC the kernel 2.6.8 plugged a security hole that > cdrecord used to function. Once the hole was closed, users could no > longer run cdrecord as they could in previous kernels. With the old > kernel, a user could potentially wipe

Re: alternative to cdrecord?

2004-08-23 Thread Brian Pack
On Mon, 2004-08-23 at 18:06, Marc Wilson wrote: > On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 04:44:15PM -0400, Brian Pack wrote: > > I've been hit with the issues between cdrecord and the 2.6.8 kernel. > > "The" issues... what issues? Haven't you heard? IIRC the kernel 2.6.8 plugged a security hole that cdrecord us

Re: alternative to cdrecord?

2004-08-23 Thread Marc Wilson
On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 04:44:15PM -0400, Brian Pack wrote: > I've been hit with the issues between cdrecord and the 2.6.8 kernel. "The" issues... what issues? -- Marc Wilson | The Phone Booth Rule: A lone dime always gets the [EMAIL PROTECTED] | number nearly right. signature.asc De

alternative to cdrecord?

2004-08-23 Thread Brian Pack
s expected. For now, I've reverted to kernel 2.6.7, where my audio cds burn fine. I could stay with 2.6.7. I could patch my kernel, but my confidence in my kernel patching skills are low to nonexistent. I'm wondering if there is an alternative to cdrecord that works with kernel 2.6.8 as