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On Thursday 04 June 2009 21:13:39 Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 1:02 AM, Joerg Schilling |
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> <Joerg.Schilling@××××××××××××××××.de> wrote: |
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> > Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> >> It seems that the command |
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> >> |
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> >> readcd -c2scan |
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> >> |
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> >> fails on both of my drives for all media types - retail CDs, copies of |
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> >> CDs on CR-R and CD-RW. It always hangs. It hangs at different places |
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> >> if I rerun it. |
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> > |
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> > If it fails with different drives from different manufacturers, try to |
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> > run if from a differnt OS in order to verify whether you are a victim of |
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> > a long term Linux kernal bug that modifies SCSI commands on their way to |
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> > the drive. |
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> > |
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> > Jörg |
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> Expand please. |
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> Run it on a different OS? The machine is dual-boot Gentoo/XP but your |
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> site doesn't seem to have an updated Windows version. (Unless it's not |
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> in the win32 directory.) |
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He likely means "Use a Unix that is not Linux. One of the *BSDs perhaps" |
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Unlike most folk here, Linux is to Joerg just another OS. For best response, |
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do the test on Solaris. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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