Re: HP cd-writer locking up my system hard!

[Andy <list@firman.us>]

> Now if I do a command line cdrecord, I get this error (but at least I don't
> lock up my whole machine!)
> steelhead:/home/andy# cdrecord -speed=1 dev=0,0,0 -data paperport.iso

Responding to my own post here as I got a command line cdrecord to work.
2 things I just found searching the web.

First was to turn off DMA.
Turn off DMA first:
hdparm -d0 /dev/hdc
/dev/hdc:
 setting using_dma to 0 (off)
 using_dma    =  0 (off)

Second was to use the speed of 4 instead of 1 and it worked!!!!!!
Some burners I guess will only work at the max speed.

Now I don't mind using command line at all.  In fact I like it.
Boy it has been a long day wresting with this project.

But I would like to know why xcdroast could possibly lock up my Debian
machine so hard???  Actually I recall trying to mount the /dev/cdrw
and it locked up that way as well so it is not xcdroast's fault.