From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 5 05:03:14 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A488116A4CE for ; Wed, 5 Jan 2005 05:03:14 +0000 (GMT) Received: from galilee.polands.org (CPE-24-208-53-189.new.rr.com [24.208.53.189]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B064743D1F for ; Wed, 5 Jan 2005 05:03:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from djp@polands.org) Received: from jericho.polands.org (jericho.polands.org [172.16.1.35]) by galilee.polands.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j0553BRZ099643; Tue, 4 Jan 2005 23:03:11 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from djp@polands.org) Received: from jericho.polands.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jericho.polands.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j0553BHt044158; Tue, 4 Jan 2005 23:03:11 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from djp@jericho.polands.org) Received: (from djp@localhost) by jericho.polands.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j0553BEq044157; Tue, 4 Jan 2005 23:03:11 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from djp) Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 23:03:11 -0600 From: Doug Poland To: Dan Nelson Message-ID: <20050105050310.GA43850@polands.org> References: <20050105033712.GA43732@polands.org> <20050105041712.GA18285@dan.emsphone.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050105041712.GA18285@dan.emsphone.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ultra Speed CD-RW media and cdrecord X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2005 05:03:14 -0000 On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 10:17:12PM -0600, Dan Nelson wrote: > In the last episode (Jan 04), Doug Poland said: > > My son gave me a package of Memorex Ultra Speed CD-RW blanks for > > Christmas. I was going to burn an ISO on my 5.3-STABLE system but > > ran into a brick wall. > > > > cdrecord tells me that it's "Trying to use ultra high speed medium on > > improper writer." I've used "MultiSpeed 1x2x4x" media and "1x-4x > > Compatible" media in the past with no problems. > > From a quick scan of the cdrecord source and some searches, it looks > like Ultra Speed media require write speeds of 16x or faster, but your > 2100S can only write CD-RW media at 10x (it can do CD-R's at 16x). You > can use the -force flag to make cdrecord write to the disks, but no > guarantees. It'd be nice if cdrecrd's error message printed the limits > of drive and media instead of just saying that something's "improper" :) > Thanks for the help. I tried the -force switch and got lots of errors and the disk didn't burn. On a positive note, I suppose it's time for a new CD writer! -- Regards, Doug