Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 10:21:43 GMT From: abc@ai1.anchorage.mtaonline.net To: "freebsd-questions" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: burncd problems Message-ID: <200408271021.i7RALhQR005221@en26.ai1.anchorage.mtaonline.net>
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FBSD 4.10 keywords: burncd cdrw 700 650 device busy i have had seemingly inconsistent problems/errors with 'burncd', and i exhausted myself on it the past few days trying to prepare a bunch of CD sets. to possibly prevent others from struggling, this is some information i have found which may be helpful to others: older or cheap CDRW drives can't deal well with 700MB CDRW's. they may work, or may not. they can't track on the thinner tracks well. i would have some CDRW disks that worked flawlessly, and others that were a real pain within the same brand. some CDRW disk manufacturers are better than others it seems. Memorex 700MB disks seem to be particularly problematic for older/cheap drives. if you got an older/cheap CDRW drive, stick to 650MB, or at least avoid Memorex 700MB disks. i had trouble with Memorex 700MB disks on a Creative 8x4x32 speed drive. when i upgraded to a 48x24x48, all my problems with Memorex 700MB disks went away. acd0: CD-RW <CREATIVE CD-RW RW8435E> at ata1-master PIO4 acd0: CD-RW <CD-RW 48X24> at ata1-master PIO4 it is difficult for the average user to figure out, because all you ever see is "drive busy" errors - and that doesn't tell you much. but from my reading, CD drives don't tell a driver too much, so that's all that can be said.
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