Re: blank=all only works in isolation

[Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>]

Joerg Schilling wrote:

> none none <throw_away_2002@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>  
>
> > Seven years, fifteen different computers,
> > twenty-five different Linux distributions,
> > multiple types of cd burner (SCSI, IDE,
> > USB), and every version of cdrecord and
> > cdrtools I could find (both supplied with
> > the distribution and compiled by myself).
> >
> > cdrecord -vv dev=1,0 blank=all /path/to/some.iso
> >
> > NEVER works. I typically get something like:
> >
> > Performing OPC...
> > Blanking entire disk
> > cdrecord: faio_wait_on_buffer for writer timed out.
> > Blanking time: 1183.496s
> >    
>
> I never do this, and this may be the reason why nobody did complain before....
>  
I didn't even know this was a supported operation... like you I've been 
doing it in two steps, back to the days when my Phillips 2600 SCSI drive 
was new stuff.

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bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
 CTO TMR Associates, Inc
 Doing interesting things with small computers since 1979