From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266495AbUHBMQo (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Aug 2004 08:16:44 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262071AbUHBMQo (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Aug 2004 08:16:44 -0400 Received: from inti.inf.utfsm.cl ([200.1.21.155]:63160 "EHLO inti.inf.utfsm.cl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266495AbUHBMQi (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Aug 2004 08:16:38 -0400 Message-Id: <200408020320.i723KG9E007500@localhost.localdomain> To: Jens Axboe cc: "Alexander E. Patrakov" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: ide-cd problems In-Reply-To: Message from Jens Axboe of "Sun, 01 Aug 2004 17:57:53 +0200." <20040801155753.GA13702@suse.de> X-Mailer: MH-E 7.4.2; nmh 1.0.4; XEmacs 21.4 (patch 15) Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2004 23:20:16 -0400 From: Horst von Brand Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Jens Axboe said: > On Sun, Aug 01 2004, Alexander E. Patrakov wrote: [...] > > Remember that it is still possible to write CDs through ide-cd in 2.4.x > > using some pre-alpha code in cdrecord: > > > > cdrecord dev=ATAPI:1,1,0 image.iso [...] > Don't ever use that interface, period. Great! So I won't be able to use any of the CD burners I have now. > It's not just the cdrecord code > that may be alpha (I doubt it matters, it's easy to use), the interface > it uses is not worth the lines of code it occupies. What do you suggest then? ide-scsi is gone, so AFAIK this is the only way to burn CDs right now on 2.6.x -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513