Re: blank=all only works in isolation

[Rob Bogus <rob23@tmr.com>]

Ambrose Li wrote:

> I'd disagree about its validity. Blanking a CDRW disc before
> writing sounded reasonable enough to me.  I always thought
> that it didn't work because Linux was buggy.
>
> (About my "Linux was buggy" comment: I started noticing this
> after mounting HFS CDROM's started causing kernel panics, and
> afterwards found out that this serious problem was caused by
> a bug in Linux that is not going to be fixed. As for whether
> the blanking-then-writing worked before, I *think* I have seen
> it work before but, judging from what others are writing, I
> likely didn't remember correctly.)
>  
If you found a bug in Linux which causes a panic I would be amazed if it 
doesn't get fixed. If you found an obscure feature which doesn't work, I 
can believe that without effort.

Can you clarify?

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E. Robert Bogusta
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