From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268886AbUHLXZQ (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Aug 2004 19:25:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268880AbUHLXZP (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Aug 2004 19:25:15 -0400 Received: from prgy-npn1.prodigy.com ([207.115.54.37]:23684 "EHLO oddball.prodigy.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268875AbUHLXXm (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Aug 2004 19:23:42 -0400 Message-ID: <411BFCD3.1070703@tmr.com> Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 19:27:15 -0400 From: Bill Davidsen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040803 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: mail.linux-kernel To: Florian Schirmer CC: Matthias Andree , Gene Heskett , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: PATCH: cdrecord: avoiding scsi device numbering for ide devices References: <20040811002455.GA7537@merlin.emma.line.org><20040811002455.GA7537@merlin.emma.line.org> <4119EF1D.2040102@tuxbox.org> In-Reply-To: <4119EF1D.2040102@tuxbox.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Florian Schirmer wrote: > With burn-proof on you get a disc which is still usable but with some > pits/lands missing/misplaced. With burnproof off you get a completely > unusable disc. So whats the _real_ point behind disabling burn proof? There are some people who would rather not have a CD at all if it is even slightly defective. Jorg is one of those, and I am for backups. I also verify backup CDs with his c2scan option to see just how clean the burn is. There's an option, you can use it or not. Maybe a burnfree CD will be just as good in 3-4 years, but CDs are cheap, I'll burn another if need be. I don't know how much this helps, but I understand terms like "good faith effort" and "best practices." I have no problem with making the user specify that option. -- -bill davidsen (davidsen@tmr.com) "The secret to procrastination is to put things off until the last possible moment - but no longer" -me