Re: ide-cd problems

[Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>]

Horst von Brand wrote:
> Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de> said:
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>>On Sun, Aug 01 2004, Alexander E. Patrakov wrote:
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>>>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
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> [...]
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>>Don't ever use that interface, period.
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> Great! So I won't be able to use any of the CD burners I have now.
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>>                                       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.
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> 
> 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

Actually ide-scsi isn't gone, and what you want is ATA: not ATAPI: here. 
But if ATAPI: works for you, it's slow and grotty, but I think it does 
work. I've been using ide-scsi on 2.4 and don't plan to stop while it 
works, but ATAPI: is the one of choice for 2.6, particularly for burning 
audio.

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