Am Mit, 2001-12-26 um 05.49 schrieb Douglas Gilbert: > Detlef Grittner wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > I've tried the cdrecord versions 1.9, 1.11a6 (delivered with SuSE 7.3) > > and 1.11a13 (compiled it myself). > > > > When I run cdrecord with the commandline: > > > > ./cdrecord -v dev=0,1,0 fs=4m -dummy -nofix speed=12 -eject img1.iso > > > > not only cdrecord, but the OS crashes. > > cdrecord stops at the line > > "Track 01: 0 of 286 MB written" > > > > and only the CAPS Lock and the Scroll Lock LED on my keyboard is > > blinking. > > I have to switch the computer off and then reboot. > > > > What's interesting though is that adding the option "-dao" to the > > commandline, resulting in: > > > > ./cdrecord -v dev=0,1,0 fs=4m -dummy -nofix speed=12 -eject -dao > > img1.iso > > > > does work, despite the following message: > > Sending CUE sheet... > > ./cdrecord: WARNING: Drive returns wrong startsec (0) using -150 > > Writing pregap for track 1 at -150 > > Starting new track at sector: 0 > > > > I can burn images with the option "-dao" but wasn't able to do > > multisession cds. > > > > The question is: Where comes the crash from? > > Detlef, > Not sure why your system is crashing but IDE DMA may have > something to do with it. See > http://www.torque.net/sg/faq.html section 3.2 (about cdrecord), > last paragraph and try out either one of those "hdparm" commands > to see if that helps. > > Doug Gilbert
Hello Doug, thank you for the tip! Reducing the DMA settings as described in section 3.2 does work. Now I can use cdrecord as expected. Detlef Grittner -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

