[gentoo-user] cannot burn dvd

cdrecord (2.01.01a53) hangs when trying to write to a SATA dvd drive using libsg. When I set SATA mode in BIOS to Compatability, the burning works but somehow the 8x speed is reduced to 1x. Chipset: Intel ICH9M (AHCI) DVD Burner: Hitachi-LG DVD-Multi mini-SATA None of the google links helped me.

Re: [gentoo-user] cannot burn dvd

Andrey Vul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: cdrecord (2.01.01a53) hangs when trying to write to a SATA dvd drive using libsg. When I set SATA mode in BIOS to Compatability, the burning works but somehow the 8x speed is reduced to 1x. Chipset: Intel ICH9M (AHCI) DVD Burner: Hitachi-LG DVD-Multi

Re: [gentoo-user] cannot burn dvd

On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 03:43, Joerg Schilling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andrey Vul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: cdrecord (2.01.01a53) hangs when trying to write to a SATA dvd drive using libsg. When I set SATA mode in BIOS to Compatability, the burning works but somehow the 8x speed is reduced to

Re: [gentoo-user] cannot burn dvd

That didn't help, and I still get the error. At least now it shows the ata exception that can be found in dmesg logs from googling cdrecord ahci sata. It looks like a controller timeout (this has happened before, causing DMAR error lines in dmesg). Is it worth disabling AHCI or not? And should