My report on wodim failure could be a result of my own liberal
application of hdparm. Few days later I removed /etc/hdparm.conf,
rebooted the machine and found wodim working just fine.
The hdparm options that failed my system are included below. My
DVD writer is /dev/hdb. Regards,
--
Ilguiz Latypov.
--- hdparm.conf.dpkg-dist 2006-10-25 11:25:31.000000000 -0400
+++ hdparm.conf.fails-dvd-wodim-write 2006-07-27 22:00:57.000000000 -0400
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
## outside of a block and all options defined with in the block.
# -q be quiet
-quiet
+# quiet
# -a sector count for filesystem read-ahead
#read_ahead_sect = 12
# -A disable/enable the IDE drive's read-lookahead feature
@@ -40,33 +40,31 @@
# -B apm setting
#apm = 255
# -c enable (E)IDE 32-bit I/O support - can be any of 0,1,3
-#io32_support = 1
+io32_support = 1
# -d disable/enable the "using_dma" flag for this drive
-#dma = off
+dma = on
# -D enable/disable the on-drive defect management
#defect_mana = off
# -E cdrom speed
-#cd_speed = 16
+cd_speed = 66
# -k disable/enable the "keep_settings_over_reset" flag for this drive
#keep_settings_over_reset = off
# -K disable/enable the drive's "keep_features_over_reset" flag
#keep_features_over_reset = on
# -m sector count for multiple sector I/O
-#mult_sect_io = 32
+mult_sect_io = 32
# -P maximum sector count for the drive's internal prefetch mechanism
#prefetch_sect = 12
# -r read-only flag for device
#read_only = off
-# -s Turn on/off power on in standby mode
-#poweron_standby = off
# -S standby (spindown) timeout for the drive
#spindown_time = 24
# -u interrupt-unmask flag for the drive
-#interrupt_unmask = on
+interrupt_unmask = on
# -W Disable/enable the IDE drive's write-caching feature
#write_cache = off
# -X IDE transfer mode for newer (E)IDE/ATA2 drives
-#transfer_mode = 34
+# transfer_mode = 34
# -y force to immediately enter the standby mode
#standby
# -Y force to immediately enter the sleep mode
@@ -135,3 +133,6 @@
#command_line {
# hdparm -q -m16 -q -W0 -q -d1 /dev/hda
#}
+
+/dev/hdb {
+}
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