Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 10:58:19 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with "burncd" - cannot mount result on unix or windows Message-ID: <016B7AC684F558AF8F7FE295@utd59514.utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <200703230850.08911.jonathan@hst.org.za> References: <4602D994.3080801@transpacific.net> <20070322214252.GB22055@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <200703230850.08911.jonathan@hst.org.za>
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--==========CADE16A1E50128820261========== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline --On Friday, March 23, 2007 08:50:08 +0200 Jonathan McKeown=20 <jonathan@hst.org.za> wrote: > > Just as a further point of reference, I also found that -s max caused the > DVD+RW drive in my laptop (6.1), and the CD writer in my desktop PC at > home (5.4), to make shiny coasters. Setting an actual speed worked fine, > except for a further odd problem on the DVD+RW laptop drive. > I've never tried -s, so I can't speak to that. > burncd data image.iso > > works fine, but > > burncd data image.iso fixate > > causes an I/O error at the fixate stage - exactly as though the drive (or > utiliy, or OS) has memorised the fact that the drive contains a blank CD > and continues to treat it as empty media even after writing to it. > I have *never* had this problem with burncd. I always burn like this: burncd -ef /dev/acd1 data file.iso fixate I have burned a *bunch* of cds, and I've never once had a problem doing=20 this. Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Senior Information Security Analyst The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ --==========CADE16A1E50128820261==========--
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