On 01/05/10 23:53, Ken Moffat wrote: > I don't often rip audio CDs, but when I do I have to use the desktop box > that still uses old IDE for it's burner (/dev/hdc). My other box has been > set to use libata, and thus /dev/sr0, for ages, but AFAIK cdrdao has > never worked on that setup. I'm now at the stage where I'd like to > move to libata on both boxes, so this is a sticking point. > > Google found a lot of problems with this, particularly on x86_64, but a > lack of clear explanation. I did find a kernel regression where this was > reported to have *stopped* working during 2.6.31-rc, but that was > fixed before 2.6.31. > > So, I seem to be missing something. Ideas, please ? >
I'm stumped too. CD copying with cdrdao is broken for me too (on i686 and x86_64) I can burn CDs if the iso was downloaded (eg Ubunut) but if I make an iso myself (photos or something) the burn works (mostly) but when I come to mount it it gives an error about the superblock or unknown device or sometimes mount segfaults. I've tried 3 different cd drives on 2 different computers. I tried compiling older kernels (2.6.33 and 2.6.32) but to no avail. wodim (cdrkit) fails just the same as cdrecord. It works if I boot into Ubunut. growisofs also works if I burn a DVD (which is cheaper as they are RW so can be used again). My bin is half full of wasted CDs. If I boot into windows I can mount the CDs, all the files are there so the CDs aren't too far from being OK. It used to work for me. It's interesting that it works for you on a machine that doesn't use libata. One of the dvd drives I tested was an IDE drive but the kernel used libata. I don't have any pressing need to burn files to CDs, it just annoys me that it's broken. My mum asked me how to burn photos to a CD and I told her it's easier to use a USB stick but afterwards I thought it would be nice if she at least had the option, so I wrote a simple script to automate the process for her. The script worked great until I came to actually test it on a CD and that's how I discovered that CD burning is broken. Andy -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
