Re: Blank CDRW wierdness
On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 07:59:17 -0500
John W Foster <jfoster81747@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-04-17 at 14:16 +0300, Aioanei Rares wrote:
> > John W Foster wrote:
> > > I have Debian Lenny on a box that I use to burn Data CD's on I
> > > have recently noticed that when I burn one and for some reason
> > > need to read it on the Debian box, it says I have inserted anothe
> > > 'blank' CD. It will no longet read it. I have been using
> > > GnomeBaker to do this. I can read them just fine on a Windows XP
> > > box. If I want to add data to them from time to time I can not do
> > > it. Any ideas?
> > What flavor of Debian are you using? What brand/type of hardware?
> > What kernel?
> I'm using the recently updated stable. I decided that this must be
> because the CDRW device is a very old Mitsumi piece. I don't use it
> often so I do not know exactly when this started. I currently believe
> this is the result of the kernel moving past obsolete devices. CDRW is
> at least 14 years old.
> Thanks!
Hi, John
I have had a similar dilemma. 'could not read verified CD on old drive-
ATAPI type.
Had to only write to CD-R media at min write speed. Then all cd-r
disks read correctly..
FWIW, Jack
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