cdrecord problems with CD-RW on FC3
Dan Jenkins
dan at rastech.com
Wed Jun 15 10:52:01 EDT 2005
Larry Cook wrote:
> I'm having intermittent problems with some CD-RW media on FC3. I'm
> using cdrecord to blank it first and then write to it. Most of the time
> I don't have a problem, but occasionally the blanking (both fast and
> all) gets a media error and occasionally there is an error fixating.
> Ejecting and retrying sometimes works or after a few eject/retry cycles
> it will eventually work.
>
> Any one else experience similar problems? I'm wondering if it's the
> media, my hardware, or something with FC3. I'm running an unmodified
> FC3 which seems to have an experimental cdrecord with DVD support. The
> drive is a Cendyne Lightning CD-RW and the media is Sony 1x-4x CR-RW.
I've used FC3 without a problem burning CD-RWs. I don't
know what vendor's media they've been using. (Probably
CDW's special of the month.) No problems in the last six
months. The CD-RW drive is a Samsung x48.
Most every version of cdrecord says its support is
experimental, it seems. :-)
The systems I've been running FC3 on are not especially
powerful: Celeron 533 & AMD 1 GHz, with 256 MB. I only
sporadically burn CDs on the 533 system, but it has
always worked fine. Its drive is a Mitsumi, if I recollect.
I'd be leary of the Cendyne CD-RW drive myself, but
that's personal bias, not fact. It's not a brand that
inspires confidence in me.
Hope this all helps. Good luck.
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