[LUNI] IDE CD burner frustrations

[Jirsa, Jeff]

Mandrake 9.0.  I believe it is 1.11.

-----Original Message-----
From: Walter [mailto:we3 at sprynet.com]
Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 6:21 AM
To: luni at luni.org
Subject: Re: [LUNI] IDE CD burner frustrations


What Distro are you using and what version? What version of cdrecord are
you using?
> <RANT>
> #@$@#$!!!  Every time I try to burn a CD my system locks up!  I can't do 
> anything to warm boot it and the Num Lock, Caps Lock, and Scroll Lock 
> lights are blinking when it locks.
> 
> Boy, if I was a newbie, this would/could cause me to drop Linux in a 
> heartbeat.  I never had this problem burning CDs with Windoze.  From my 
> limited experience with the burner GUIs and cdrecord, I have to conclude
> that 
> burning CDs with Linux is like a loaded Uzi; one wrong move and you can do

> yourself in.
> </RANT>
> 
> FYI, my box is a Dell GX1 PIII 450.  A CD-ROM is the master drive and a 
> Lite On 16x burner is the slave drive on the second IDE channel.
> 
> Is there anyway to idiot proof (yes, you can count me in here) reading and

> writing to a burner?  Some kind of throttle for the device?  Or, how can I
> find out
> the max speed to burn with without locking up the box?  
> 
> Is this only an IDE burner problem?  Has anyone had any lock ups with SCSI
> burners?
> 
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