On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 17:23 -0400, Lloyd Kvam wrote: > On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 13:03 -0400, Ben Scott wrote: > > On 9/12/07, Lloyd Kvam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Error trying to open /dev/scd0 exclusively (Device or resource > > >> busy)... retrying in 1 second. > > > > > > > > > > That exclusivity error only shows up sometimes. I think the retry > > > succeeds. > > > > Right, because the auto-thingies all work by polling the device. So > > if they happen to be polling the device when wodim tries to open it, > > you get the warning. Then they close the present poll, and wodim > > retries, and it works. Then, during the middle of the write, they > > poll again, and kablooie. > > > > At least, that's my theory. > > Well I shutdown to single user mode. wodim chugs along until it thinks > it has written 26 MB and then decides that things are not working. The > CD media still appears to be blank. > > I have downloaded the cdrtools from berlios.de and will see if that > makes a difference. I just need to be careful about fouling up my > fedora 7 stuff.
What about going the other way around? Try the GUI CD burner - you should be able to right-click on the .iso and select "Write to Disc...". -- Stephen Ryan Dartware, LLC _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/