Specifications
Table of Contents
4.13 Is it possible to use several writers at once?..................................................................................26
4.14 What about Solaris, *BSD, AIX, HP−UX, etc.? Is my variant of Unix supported?.....................26
4.15 Where to store the local configuration permanently?....................................................................27
4.16 How can the CD−info be retrieved?..............................................................................................28
4.17 What about re−writing...................................................................................................................28
4.18 How to create a multi−session CD?...............................................................................................28
4.19 Should I use the SCSI adapter shipped with the writer?................................................................29
4.20 How to burn over the network?.....................................................................................................29
4.21 I hear a crack or click sound at the end of the each track..............................................................30
4.22 How can this be set up so that a user can burn CDs instead of always being root?......................30
4.23 Where do I get the "Yellow Book" and "Orange Book" standards?..............................................30
4.24 I've been searching for information on burning Video−CD under Linux......................................30
4.25 Which is easier to set up, IDE or SCSI?........................................................................................31
4.26 How can I overburn a CD using {cdrecord,cdrdao}?....................................................................31
4.27 What will cdrecord do when it stops getting input from the pipe?................................................31
4.28 Is there an equivalent to ignore=hdX for the ide−scsi emulation?................................................31
4.29 How many times can you re−use CD−RW before they become faulty?.......................................31
4.30 Which format to choose for a platform independant CD−ROM?.................................................32
4.31 Is multi−session for audio tracks possible?...................................................................................32
4.32 What hardware resources do I need? Is an old Pentium enough?..................................................32
5.Troubleshooting..................................................................................................................................32
5.1 It doesn't work: under Linux............................................................................................................33
5.2 Error−message: No read access for 'dev=0,6,0'...............................................................................33
5.3 It doesn't work: under DOS and friends...........................................................................................33
5.4 SCSI errors during the burning phase..............................................................................................33
5.5 Medium errors If cdrecord reports medium errors in the form of"Sense Key: ... Medium Error, Segment ...", then the mediumis not empty. If you use CD−RW, then try to switch fromblank=fast to the more reliable blank=all. If you use CD−Ronly, then make sure the CD−R has never seen a CD−writer beforeor try out discs from another manufacturer.4
5.6 Newly written CDs are not readable on some players.....................................................................34
5.7 My scanner stopped working after I loaded the ide−scsi module....................................................34
6.Credits.................................................................................................................................................35
CD−Writing HOWTO
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