Try using /dev/hdX notation instead - there's some advantages to it with 2.6 (DMA is one) However I have found it just as flakey at times.
CD burning and linux is just not "nice" in all the years I have used linux - and it seems to be getting worse, not better. BillK On Tue, 2005-04-12 at 22:16 -0400, Phill MV wrote: > So, I suddenly need to burn some cds in linux. > k3b installed, I pop that little cd in the case and make me an iso of /pkg. > I goes, "you burn me that baby" and watch it, well, not do anything. At all. > > The cd recorder drove up a bit then stopped making sound. The status > window has been 'preparing write process' for the past 10 mins. > Pressing cancel, instead of promptly canceling it, has it stall some > more until I force quit it. > > Doing cdrecord -tao --dev=ATAPI:0,0,0 /pkg.iso as root (0,0,0 being my > cdr/w drive) yields a few warnings like > > cdrecord: Warning: Running on Linux-2.6.10-gentoo-r6 > cdrecord: There are unsettled issues with Linux-2.5 and newer. > cdrecord: If you have unexpected problems, please try Linux-2.4 or Solaris. > scsidev: 'ATAPI:0,0,0' > devname: 'ATAPI' > scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 0 > Warning: Using ATA Packet interface. > Warning: The related Linux kernel interface code seems to be unmaintained. > Warning: There is absolutely NO DMA, operations thus are slow. > > and a useless terminal window, permanently waiting on something I > can't identify. > > > Any help? I would've burned this in windows hadn't windows started > BSOD'ing every other reboot (I'm on fresh reinstall #2 and no time > left). > > > kernel is Linux-2.6.10-gentoo-r6, and the following can be found in my config: > > <*> ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL support â > â > â â<*> Enhanced IDE/MFM/RLL disk/cdrom/tape/floppy support > â â > â â--- Please see Documentation/ide.txt for help/info on IDE drives > â â > â â[ ] Support for SATA (deprecated; conflicts with libata SATA > driver)â â > â â[ ] Use old disk-only driver on primary interface > â â > â â<*> Include IDE/ATA-2 DISK support > â â > â â[*] Use multi-mode by default > â â > â â<*> Include IDE/ATAPI CDROM support > â â > â â< > Include IDE/ATAPI TAPE support (EXPERIMENTAL) > â â > â â<*> Include IDE/ATAPI FLOPPY support > â â > â â<*> SCSI emulation support > â â[ ] IDE Taskfile Access > > â â--- IDE chipset support/bugfixes > > â â<*> generic/default IDE chipset support > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
