On Saturday 20 September 2003 01:39 am, Sharrea Day wrote: > On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 16:30, Eric Huff wrote: > > > I was burning ISOs of redhat 8.0 to a cd using xcdroast and got this > > > error: > > > > > > cdrecord: WARNING: Drive returns wrong startsec (0)(using -150 > > > Writing pregap for track 1 at -150 > > > Starting new track at sector: 0 > > > > > > The burn completed but I'm wondering if the cd's are corrupted > > > somehow. So far I've burned 2 of the 5 ISOs and both produced this > > > error. I'd appreciate it if anyone could clue me in on what's going on > > > and advise me should I try to install redhat with them or paint > > > reindeer on them and set them around the coffee table at Christmas? > > > > Well, i got the same thing, and didn' tknow of any problems. IIRC i > > googled a lot, and other people get that, too. > > > > Hopefully someone here has a better answer.... > > > > eric > > Well I'm real glad to hear I'm not the only one. I had 7 coasters and > thought it had something to do with that error when trying to copy a music > CD. > > So can someone please tell me if there is such a thing as "DATA ONLY" CDRs? > Just thought perhaps that's the reason for the coasters...?
You want to make sure that you are either using some good generic scsi drivers in the burning program or that you have correctly identified the drive type. Small differences can result in major problems. Also, if you are trying to burn at max speed and get coasters, you may want to try specifying a reduced speed for burning. Most CD Burners try to read the available speed off the media but the media is not always accurate, I routinely get CD's that report a capable speed of 24x but end up coasters if I try to burn that fast, I have to drop it to 16x for those. If you are copying other CD's, keep in mind that Copy Protection can mess things up. If you are copying someone else's ISO, you may want to mount it as a loopback device and check the properties. I have had initial configuration difficulties with Xcdroast and K3B but have both working now without any problems or errors. Happy to help if you give me more details of your exact situation. -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer
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