Lenny does not recognise blank CD; Etch does.

[Bruce Ward <bmward@orcon.net.nz>]

I have a machine with a dvd writer (/dev/hdc) and a cd writer 
(/dev/hdd). I have an Etch installation on an ATA HDD, and all works well.

I also have, on the same machine, a fresh Lenny installation which is on 
a SATA disk. In both cases I use a standard (I believe) GNOME setup.

Unfortunately (because I wish to move to Lenny and remove the Etch), 
under Lenny, the CD writer will not recognise a blank CD. Nothing. The 
DVD writer will recognise one.

Etch has no such problem, both drives recognise a blank CD.

Why worry about the situation? Well I have found that CDs written slowly 
with the old CD writer seem to be more reliably read in other CD drives, 
and I just like to have everything working that should work!

Any ideas?

Thanks.
Bruce Ward

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Bruce Ward, Nelson, New Zealand