Hi Damian, > most likely. That cdrecord output you posted there was at > 31% fifo fill... that's hardly a good level. And then:
I suppose nearer 100% would be good :) > Sense Code: 0x0C Qual 0x09 (write error - loss of streaming) Fru 0x0 > > "Loss of streaming"... > > > Is this a DMA issue? I read some posts here before regarding turning on > > DMA > > just in case: > hdparm -d1 /dev/devicename I'll look into it. Do you know how to run a benchmark with hdparm? Someone showed it a while back and I can't remember the switch. > However i would not bet on DMA being the problem. As a rule of thumb, > i NEVER do cd-to-cd copy on the fly. It is faster, yes, but what happens > when dd if=/dev/cdrom gets stuck trying to read one sector from beneath a > scratch in the middle of the burning session? At 16x speed, it's really not > hard to get a buffer underrun... > > If you are absolutely in love with this method, try lower speeds and always > make sure the original CD is in good condition. Yeah. I'll probably try a make an iso with mkisofs first in future. Is that the proper way of doing it? Thanks, Jordan -- Jordan Elver If your boss is getting you down, look at him through the prongs of a fork and imagine him in jail. -- David Brent (The Office)
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