On Friday 21 Mar 2003 3:53 pm, Richard Urwin wrote: > I've just gone through the process again. > > On Friday 21 Mar 2003 3:28 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Friday 21 Mar 2003 2:33 pm, Richard Urwin wrote: > > > On Friday 21 Mar 2003 1:29 pm, Tom Brinkman wrote: > > > > On Thursday March 20 2003 05:16 pm, Richard Urwin wrote:
> This time I closed GCombust and ejected the CD before opening konquerer. Wise, I think. > Once from the button on the drive, once using eject. Both worked perfectly. > Then I opened the CD using konquerer. No files. I then mounted the CD by > hand (sudo mount /mnt/cdrom2.) The files appeared. Then I tried to eject > the CD. No dice, the button is ignored and eject does the > now-you-see-it-now-you-dont routine. I unmounted the CD by hand. The first > time it refused "device is busy." But it had only just retracted, and the > drive was probably reading the index. I waited a second or two and the > second umount worked. This time I got everything working without the -l > flag to umount, so that is probably a red herring. My guess is that a > standard umount will work, so long as you give it a while after a failed > eject. > Part of the problem is probably the longish spin-up spin-down time with modern faster drives. > Supermount was enabled at all times. > > Conclusion: Burning CDs can confuse supermount. Expect to mount/umount by > hand. Wait for the drive to finish following a failed eject. > Which fits with my experience that it sometimes clears itself if left along. > I have finished my backups for now. I'll leave it to others to determine if > ejecting and reinserting the disk after burning but before trying to read > it reduces problems. > > GCombust is GUI, and was installed with MDK9.0 OK - I haven't used it. > XCDRoast did not seem to be able to construct a CD, just to copy one. I may > be wrong. I use it all the time for backing up files. If you want to either post to list or direct to me, I will make some notes and give you a HOW-TO. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
