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From: Uwe Thiem <uwix@××××.na>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] cdrecord-prodvd extrange behaivor
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 16:42:59
Message-Id: 200509271817.18971.uwix@iway.na
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] cdrecord-prodvd extrange behaivor by Holly Bostick
1 On 27 September 2005 17:18, Holly Bostick wrote:
2 > Jason Stubbs schreef:
3 > > As I said, it doesn't seem like it's misinterpreting from the output
4 >
5 > Actually, it seems to me that it is, from the output:
6 > > Track 01: 4444 of 4444 MB written (fifo 100%). Track 01: Total bytes
7 > > read/written: 4660250624/4660250624 (2275513 sectors). Writing time:
8 > > 101.814s Fixating... WARNING: Some drives don't like fixation in
9 > > dummy mode.
10 >
11 > The output definitely seems to indicate that cdrecord thinks that it is
12 > meant to be in dummy mode-- but this is probably not a
13 > 'misinterpretation', since two people have already pointed out syntax
14 > errors that are probably stimulating cdrecord to resort to a fallback
15 > position (dummy mode, to avoid damage to the device or waste of media,
16 > since the program is not quite sure from the incorrect syntax precisely
17 > what you want it to do).
18
19 I actually tried it out with the syntax errors because they made me curious as
20 well. Well, cdrecord burnt the CD. So I really think it something else that
21 tricks cdrecord into dummy mode.
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23 Uwe
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