CD-RW's Drive Problems.

[Robert Meyer]

And people wonder why I rag on IDE so much...

IDE bytes!  SCsI ROcKS!

Cheers!

Bob
--- Ronald Maggio <r.v.maggio at worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kenneth Galle" <kagalle at infoblvd.net>
> To: <nflug at nflug.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 1:08 PM
> Subject: Re: CD-RW's Drive Problems.
> 
> 
> > I had all sort of trouble with cdrw under windows when I first got a cdrw
> > drive.  It would sometimes fail, sometimes lock up with the drive still
> > spinning, etc.  So then I figured out how to use mkisofs and cdrecord in
> > linux, and have never had a failure (except for the rare occation of a bad
> > disk) since.  cdrdao also works good - but takes more initial setup to
> use.
> > There is a X front end for cdrecord, xcdroast I think is the name.
> >
> <----------------------------snip-------------------------------------------
> ->
> I'm most likely going to move the drive to my AMD box that has Mandrake 8.1
> sitting
> all on its lonesome and try a burning with one of the software installed.
> 
> > Master or slave should work if the drive is jumpered correctly.  There has
> to
> > be a master on the bus though, and single master is certainly the best
> > arrangement.
> >
> <-----------------------------------snip------------------------------------
> ----.
> Correction the manufacturer states that the recommended jumper settings is
> (master)
> I can't do that I have (two) drives set to master. 1. win98 2. RedHat 7.2 CD
> reader is slave
> on IDE secondary channel, and cd writer is slave on IDE primary channel.
> The cd-rw's hardware design from the info provided by the manufacturer
> states that it is suggested
> to be jumpered as master. So lets see...then it wants to BUS master the IDE
> Channel. Not much room
> for customizing here to my liking. So I think I'll move it to the AMD box,
> and put it on its own IDE channel as
> master!
> 
> So much for modern better design!
> Bull!!!
> 
> Ron
> 
> > Ken Galle
> >
> >
> > > Ronald Maggio wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm having a problem with a I/O magic burner. I will state that I'll try
> it
> > > with Linux before I give up.
> > > Ok here it is I have set the drive to slave although I/O magic states
> that
> > > they recommend to use it as master.
> > > I'm getting nothing but buffer underruns and questionable copied cdr's.
> > > Does anyone have any input on this before
> > > I remove it and its software. These off brand or cheep knockoff's of
> this
> > > type of hardware are not as flexible in there
> > > installation settings as better brand named products. ie: Hewlett
> Packard
> > > and the like.
> > > I assume the same problems should occur in Linux since its a hardware
> issue
> > > and not a software issue.
> > > I did close (((ALL))) tsr's. I'm running dual-boot and can't set it to
> > > master.
> > > I read all the info that came with it and I went to there web page to
> find
> > > info, but I came up with the same conclusion.
> > > It has to be set to master in order to work right.
> > > If this can't be worked out I'll just remove it and save up the money to
> > > buy a named brand unit. ie: HP.
> > >
> > > Ron
> >
> 


=====
Bob Meyer
Knightwing Communications, Inc.
36 Cayuga Blvd
Depew, NY 14043
Phone: 716-308-8931 or 716-681-0076
Meyer_RM at Yahoo.com

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