Re: [newbie] CD-writer fails with CD-R but not CD-RW

2003-09-26 Thread Douglas Bainbridge
On Thu, 2003-09-25 at 11:55, John Richard Smith wrote: snip The test files were assembled with mkisofs along the lines you mention. They write out to the CD-RW OK. then write to disc tmp]$ cdrecord -v speed=4 dev=0,0,0 -eject -ignsize /tmp.iso (where dev=0,0,0 is whatever it should be

Re: [newbie] CD-writer fails with CD-R but not CD-RW

2003-09-26 Thread John Richard Smith
Douglas Bainbridge wrote: On Thu, 2003-09-25 at 11:55, John Richard Smith wrote: snip The test files were assembled with mkisofs along the lines you mention. They write out to the CD-RW OK. then write to disc tmp]$ cdrecord -v speed=4 dev=0,0,0 -eject -ignsize /tmp.iso (where

Re: [newbie] CD-writer fails with CD-R but not CD-RW

2003-09-25 Thread Douglas Bainbridge
On Thu, 2003-09-25 at 00:09, John Richard Smith wrote: Douglas Bainbridge wrote: On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 18:26, John Richard Smith wrote: Douglas Bainbridge wrote: snip Thanks, John. The driver is recognised alright with cdrecord -scanbus and I can do a dummy run

Re: [newbie] CD-writer fails with CD-R but not CD-RW

2003-09-25 Thread John Richard Smith
Douglas Bainbridge wrote: On Thu, 2003-09-25 at 00:09, John Richard Smith wrote: Douglas Bainbridge wrote: Data. Sizewise: recently, only small amounts up to and around 1MB, just in order to test whether I could get the thing to work at all. DougB OK so you are writing data files,

Re: [newbie] CD-writer fails with CD-R but not CD-RW

2003-09-24 Thread John Richard Smith
Douglas Bainbridge wrote: Hi, Can anyone help? I have been struggling with this problem for ages, RTFM etc. hasn't resolved it for me. MDK9.1. Using cdrecord on the CLI. My Sony CD-writer writes happily to a Toshiba CD-RW, multi-session ,etc. no problem; but I cannot write anything to a CD-R

Re: [newbie] CD-writer fails with CD-R but not CD-RW

2003-09-24 Thread Douglas Bainbridge
On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 18:26, John Richard Smith wrote: Douglas Bainbridge wrote: snip cdrecord: OPC failed I believe it is saying that the drive has failed. That could mean anything. Maybe the drive isn't set up right for cdrecord to work with it. or maybe the driver doesn't work with

Re: [newbie] CD-writer fails with CD-R but not CD-RW

2003-09-24 Thread John Richard Smith
Douglas Bainbridge wrote: On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 18:26, John Richard Smith wrote: Douglas Bainbridge wrote: snip cdrecord: OPC failed I believe it is saying that the drive has failed. That could mean anything. Maybe the drive isn't set up right for cdrecord to work with it. or maybe

Re: [newbie] CD Writer/DMA

2003-01-21 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 17:55, Jordan Elver wrote: It's a variety. How can I copy protected cds. I noticve a thread earlier about cd clone on windows. It surely must be possible to copy bit by bit under linux? My drive is a Plextor 16/10/40A. Yes, it's possible. However, making your own

Re: [newbie] CD Writer/DMA

2003-01-21 Thread Jordan Elver
Charlie, As far as I can discover Jordan the best shot you have at copying DRM (copy protected) CDs is a Windows program called Clone-CD or a drive that supports DAO in Linux. A friend has a lot of PC games and has a lot of small children around frequently (, pretty shiny fwisbee me

Re: [newbie] CD Writer/DMA

2003-01-21 Thread Jordan Elver
Hi, Yes, it's possible. However, making your own backup copies of copy protected cd's is only possible if you can make your burner and your software do an elaborate dance; and they both have to be doing exotic things. In linux the hardware necessities you can get; the software you cannot.

Re: [newbie] CD Writer/DMA

2003-01-21 Thread Jordan Elver
Hi Damian, most likely. That cdrecord output you posted there was at 31% fifo fill... that's hardly a good level. And then: I suppose nearer 100% would be good :) Sense Code: 0x0C Qual 0x09 (write error - loss of streaming) Fru 0x0 Loss of streaming... Is this a DMA issue? I read some

Re: [newbie] CD Writer/DMA

2003-01-21 Thread Michael Adams
On Wed, 22 Jan 2003 07:14, Jordan Elver wrote: Hi, Yes, it's possible. However, making your own backup copies of copy protected cd's is only possible if you can make your burner and your software do an elaborate dance; and they both have to be doing exotic things. In linux the hardware

Re: [newbie] CD Writer/DMA

2003-01-21 Thread Damian Gatabria
just in case: hdparm -d1 /dev/devicename I'll look into it. Do you know how to run a benchmark with hdparm? Someone showed it a while back and I can't remember the switch. hdparm -tT /dev/device too bad it didn't support benchmarking a floppy disk when i tried ;o) If you are

Re: [newbie] CD Writer/DMA

2003-01-20 Thread Charlie
On Monday 20 January 2003 10:02 am, Jordan Elver wrote: Hi, I'm currentlycopying cds on the fly with the following command: dd if=/dev/cdrom | cdrecord dev=0,2,0 speed=speed -v - The problem is that I can't actually use 12 or 16 speed recording, depemding on the disk I am copying. I get a

Re: [newbie] CD Writer/DMA

2003-01-20 Thread Jordan Elver
If they aren't DRM disks what fs was written to them? Are they VFAT (Windows 32 bit format) or something else? If they're disks that were recorded not pressed at a factory; who did it, what software was used to do it, and can you actually *read the disks* when not trying to copy them? It's a

Re: [newbie] CD Writer/DMA

2003-01-20 Thread Damian Gatabria
Or normally something along the lines or an input/output error. Is this error caused because the data is not being read quick enough to pipe throught to cdrecord? most likely. That cdrecord output you posted there was at 31% fifo fill... that's hardly a good level. And then: Sense Code:

Re: [newbie] CD Writer

2001-09-26 Thread Robert MacLean
I have an AOpen 16/10/32 and it is wonderful. Speed is fast. I wrote M8 to CD in about 4 minutes per CD from ISO. It's got all the JustLink and JustSpeed stuff so you don't ruin cd's. So far I've written 25 odd CD's and only had 1 coffee cup holder, and that was due to windows more than the

RE: [newbie] CD Writer

2001-09-04 Thread Lionel Pitaru
Thanks -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Scott Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 10:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] CD Writer xcdroast On Monday 03 September 2001 16:35, you wrote: Hello everyone Some one know

Re: [newbie] CD Writer

2001-09-03 Thread Scott
xcdroast On Monday 03 September 2001 16:35, you wrote: Hello everyone Some one know of a robust application to write CDs R-RW? (I'm using BlackBox-0.61.1 and Mandrake 8.0) Thanks Lionel Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1;

Re: [newbie] CD Writer

2001-09-03 Thread Mark Weaver
Lionel Pitaru wrote: Hello everyone Some one know of a robust application to write CDs R-RW? (I'm using BlackBox-0.61.1 and Mandrake 8.0) Thanks Lionel Lionel, I've been using Gtoaster for all my CD burning and it works very nicely for all my CD burning needs. -- daRcmaTTeR

Re: [newbie] CD Writer

2001-09-03 Thread Andre Dubuc
On Monday 03 September 2001 21:01, you wrote: xcdroast On Monday 03 September 2001 16:35, you wrote: Hello everyone Some one know of a robust application to write CDs R-RW? (I'm using BlackBox-0.61.1 and Mandrake 8.0) Thanks Lionel gtoaster is another excellent choice. It's easy

Re: [newbie] CD Writer

2001-09-03 Thread s
On Monday 03 September 2001 08:08 pm, Andre Dubuc wrote: On Monday 03 September 2001 21:01, you wrote: xcdroast gtoaster is another excellent choice. It's easy to set up, intuitive, and has excellent docs! Andre I prefer gcombust for isos and such. -s (Damn linux - so many choices,

Re: [newbie] cd writer for linux

2001-06-20 Thread Jordan Elver
I also use a Plextor and it works fine. Jord On Tuesday 19 June 2001 16:59, you wrote: It was Tue, 19 Jun 2001 15:52:30 -0500 when Carlos Cifuentes wrote: I want to buy a cd writer for linux but i dont know what machine work in linux Can some person help me? Any decent CD-RW will work,

Re: [newbie] cd writer for linux

2001-06-19 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Tuesday 19 June 2001 03:52 pm, Carlos Cifuentes wrote:  Hi.  I want to buy a cd writer for linux but i dont  know what machine work in linux     Almost all, a few better than others.  CD burning with any OS is currently more of an art than a science, and like everything, Linux will do a

Re: [newbie] cd writer for linux

2001-06-19 Thread Paul
It was Tue, 19 Jun 2001 15:52:30 -0500 when Carlos Cifuentes wrote: I want to buy a cd writer for linux but i dont know what machine work in linux Can some person help me? Any decent CD-RW will work, IDE or SCSI. I use Plextor, which is great. Paul -- A day without light is like, eh... night!

Re: [newbie] cd writer for linux

2001-06-19 Thread Jose
Hi! Just about all Linux distros have a web page. On their web pages they will either have a Hardware Compatibilty list or a link to one. I suggest you print out the section pertainingto what you want and shop from there. On Tuesday 19 June 2001 16:52, Carlos Cifuentes wrote: Hi. I want to

Re: [newbie] CD Writer

2001-06-02 Thread Jordan Elver
Thanks for evryones help. In the end. I just updated my system using the install disk and it found it and configured it! I'm now burning away ;-) Thnks for evryones help, Jord On Friday 01 June 2001 19:56, you wrote: Jordan, this is what worked for me. Edit /etc/modules.conf, and add the

Re: [newbie] CD Writer

2001-06-01 Thread Jordan Elver
I did. From the install cds, but if the burner isn't working as a scsi device it won't work ;-) On Friday 01 June 2001 10:13, you wrote: Hey, Try going to www.tucows.com and getting some Burner software. Install it and see what happens. -Original Message- From: Jordan

Re: [newbie] CD Writer

2001-05-23 Thread Todd Flinders
Um...what? Unless Yamaha has a brand spanking new burner, it is NOT an OEM of a plextor. Yamaha does not have burn proof technology like the Plextor does. And it's latest model is reported to be unstable. Also most of the Yamaha drivers are not supported by the CloneCD software while Plextor

Re: [newbie] CD Writer

2001-05-23 Thread Ric Tibbetts
I have the Yamaha (internal SCSI version), and am very happy with it. It's been solid, and reliable since I installed it. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have Matshita CDRW 7585, works good, no problems so far. I have a Creative Labs 4224E. Old and slow but it works. I would recomend you to

RE: [newbie] CD Writer

2001-05-23 Thread Franki
quality and don't think I have ever made a coaster with this one... regards Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Todd Flinders Sent: Thursday, 24 May 2001 1:21 AM To: Paul; newbie Subject: Re: [newbie] CD Writer Um...what? Unless Yamaha

Re: [newbie] CD Writer

2001-05-23 Thread s
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Todd Flinders Sent: Thursday, 24 May 2001 1:21 AM To: Paul; newbie Subject: Re: [newbie] CD Writer Um...what? Unless Yamaha has a brand spanking new burner, it is NOT an OEM of a plextor. Yamaha does not have burn proof

Re: [newbie] CD Writer

2001-05-22 Thread Todd Flinders
Plextor and TDK's are rated as the best in the Windows' world. I haven't personally tested them in Linux, but when this was discussed before, someone said they were successfully using a Plextor. --- TezcatlipocA [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a Creative Labs 4224E. Old and slow but it works.

Re: [newbie] CD Writer

2001-05-22 Thread pavelz
I have Matshita CDRW 7585, works good, no problems so far. I have a Creative Labs 4224E. Old and slow but it works. I would recomend you to check the supported hardware list on LM web page. TezcatlipocA On Monday 21 May 2001 12:34, you wrote: Hi, I am going to buy a cd writer

Re: [newbie] CD Writer

2001-05-22 Thread Paul
It was Tue, 22 May 2001 15:21:23 -0700 (PDT) when Todd Flinders wrote: Plextor and TDK's are rated as the best in the Windows' world. I haven't personally tested them in Linux, but when this was discussed before, someone said they were successfully using a Plextor. In a linux hardware

Re: [newbie] cd writer quit working after re-install

2000-06-18 Thread Jim
there is a fix located at http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/Tutorial/CDburner/pages/ but right now the link is brokenI am having the same problem and have been for a month Jim - Original Message - From: "Roland Hightower" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday,

Re: [newbie] cd writer quit working after re-install

2000-06-18 Thread Jim
ot; [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2000 6:58 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] cd writer quit working after re-install Jim, I went to the link you gave me even though you said it was broken. Guess what? It works now. I followed the instructions given there and now I

Re: [newbie] CD writer and scsi emulating; how to access scsi

2000-06-07 Thread Paul
On Wed, 7 Jun 2000, Wienand Drenth wrote: Hi Wienand, I don;t know how you did things, but at www.linux-mandrake.com somewhere, in the demo of Mandrake 7.1, there is a nice set of animated pages on setting up a ide-scsi cdrom, and how to create a shortcut to it that works. Paul Hello,

Re: [newbie] CD Writer: Which one?

2000-06-06 Thread Paul
On Tue, 6 Jun 2000, Paul Marriott wrote: Creative Blaster CD Studio, Plextor PlexWriter SCSI, Acer 8432 (8MB buffer?) Hi Paul, No matter what HP has and does, I would always go with a SCSI writer. But then, I am SCSI minded. Paul -- Enthusiasm and optimism are the legs of life )0(

Re: [newbie] CD Writer: Which one?

2000-06-06 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Paul.before you make a final decision visit this web site: http://www.smartandfriendly.com/ I bought a former 'special of the month', the cdr-4012 and it works just fine, both in win98 with the supplied software and in Linux Mandrake 7.0 using the x-cd-roast software (works in KDE) that

Re: [newbie] CD Writer: Which one?

2000-06-06 Thread Anthony Huereca
I have a HP 9200i (SCSI 8x/4x/32x; it's basically the SCSI twin of the 9100i) drive, and I've had no problems with it and Linux. Well, let me take that back. For some reason I can't burn .exe's while in Linux. It might be the burning software (gcombust) or it may be something else. But all the

Re: [newbie] CD Writer: Which one?

2000-06-06 Thread Mark Potochnik
Paul Marriott wrote: Hi folks, I've got to the stage where I'm going to buy myself a CD writer and Ive narrowed the choice down to 4 or 5(ish) possibilities due to local availability/price etc, namely: HP CD writer Plus 9310i, HP CD writer Plus 9110i, Creative Blaster CD Studio, Plextor

Re: [newbie] CD Writer: Which one?

2000-06-06 Thread KompuKit
Hi, I need to know the same for: HP 8250i CD-Writer Paul Marriott wrote: Hi folks, I've got to the stage where I'm going to buy myself a CD writer and Ive narrowed the choice down to 4 or 5(ish) possibilities due to local availability/price etc, namely: HP CD writer Plus 9310i, HP CD

Re: [newbie] CD Writer: Which one?

2000-06-06 Thread KompuKit
wow, Denis...it's about time...you got this fixed I just posted this, about 10 minutes ago KompuKit wrote: Hi, I need to know the same for: HP 8250i CD-Writer Paul Marriott wrote: Hi folks, I've got to the stage where I'm going to buy myself a CD writer and Ive narrowed the

Re: [newbie] CD Writer

1999-12-30 Thread John Aldrich
On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, you wrote: Does anyone know how to setup a CD Writer so it can be mounted on my linux machine? I'm using Linux Mandrake. IDE? If so, try the following in your /etc/lilo.conf: append="hd(x)=ide-scsi" and replace (x) with the letter of your ATAPI CDR (i.e. hda for primary

Re: [newbie] CD Writer

1999-12-30 Thread M Thompson
e /mnt/cdrw directory and you should see the contents of the CD that's in your CD-RW drive. HTH, Matt From: John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] CD Writer Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 10:37:14 -0500 On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, you wrote: Does

Re: [newbie] CD Writer

1999-12-30 Thread Richard T. Waters
On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, you wrote: Does anyone know how to setup a CD Writer so it can be mounted on my linux machine? I'm using Linux Mandrake. David You may want to consider X-CD Roast for your CD burning. You can get information on it at: http://www.fh-muenchen.de/rz/xcdroast It came