From owner-freebsd-scsi Fri Dec 11 12:12:24 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA21515 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Fri, 11 Dec 1998 12:12:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from second.dialup.access.net (lsmarso.dialup.access.net [166.84.254.60]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA21510 for ; Fri, 11 Dec 1998 12:12:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from larry@marso.com) Received: (from larry@localhost) by second.dialup.access.net (8.9.1/8.8.8) id PAA22810 for freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org; Fri, 11 Dec 1998 15:13:43 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from larry) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 15:13:43 -0500 From: "Larry S. Marso" To: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: cdrecord and caching issue Message-ID: <19981211151343.B22555@marso.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.94.13i Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I wrote a couple of trial cdrecord sessions using -dummy. I then executed a third, real cdrecord session. It failed (fortunately, before writing anything to the disk), complaining that "insufficient space left on media". I then executed a cdcontrol info, which reported that two previous sessions were already recorded to the disk. In actual fact, the disk was still blank; this I confirmed by shutting down and rebooting, then successfully writing to the cdr. So, there is some sort of caching going on that mistakenly thinks a -dummy write is a real write. Might this not cause trouble? Best regards -- Larry S. Marso larry@marso.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message