From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266131AbUBCTdu (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Feb 2004 14:33:50 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266120AbUBCTbq (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Feb 2004 14:31:46 -0500 Received: from smtp.dkm.cz ([62.24.64.34]:27667 "HELO smtp.dkm.cz") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S266116AbUBCTba (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Feb 2004 14:31:30 -0500 Message-ID: <401FF70F.30203@zvala.cz> Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2004 20:31:27 +0100 From: Tomas Zvala User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5a (20031223) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: =?ISO-8859-2?Q?Martin_Povoln=FD?= CC: John Bradford , M?ns Rullg?rd , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.0, cdrom still showing directories after being erased References: <20040203131837.GF3967@aurora.fi.muni.cz> <401FB78A.5010902@zvala.cz> <200402031602.i13G2NFi002400@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> <200402031635.i13GZJ9Q002866@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> <20040203174606.GG3967@aurora.fi.muni.cz> In-Reply-To: <20040203174606.GG3967@aurora.fi.muni.cz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-2; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Martin Povolný wrote: >>>>I.E. >>>> >>>>mount disc >>>>view contents >>>>unmount disc >>>>erase disc - but don't erase the CD-R drive's cache of the media >>>>mount disc >>>>view old contents of the media from the CD-R drive's cache >>>> >>>> > >That's it exactly. > > So after all my (s)wag was correct :) So I took a quick look through ATAPI specification (I have to say I'm a user not a developer) and found nothing that would seem to flush that damn cache. So the problem is that some CD-R drives (probably the older ones) expect you to eject CD after burning (even a buffer/cache clearing after burn would seem logical to me) and there is nothing you can do about it (except buying different drive). Unfortunately it is not a kernel or cdrecord issue (if it was it could have been fixed:) ). I guess you'll just have to do with ejecting :). Sorry. Tomas Zvala