<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=890204716-19072004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi all,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=890204716-19072004><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=890204716-19072004><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have fedora core 2 installed on a compaq desktop with a sony cdrw drive in it.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=890204716-19072004><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=890204716-19072004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any time I try to create a cd, I get an error saying </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=890204716-19072004><FONT face=Arial size=2>"cdrecord: OPC failed"</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=890204716-19072004><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=890204716-19072004><FONT face=Arial size=2>the command I am using to create teh cd is:</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=890204716-19072004><FONT face=Arial size=2>cdrecord dev=/dev/cdrom -dao x.iso</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=890204716-19072004><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=890204716-19072004><FONT face=Arial size=2>The line above the OPC error says something about a timeout after 200 seconds or so.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=890204716-19072004><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=890204716-19072004><FONT face=Arial size=2>The sony cdrw drive is an ATAPI drive not a scsi drive.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks,</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Don Raikes, Accessibility Specialist</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Home office: (520) 579-9481</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>AIM: dnraikes</FONT> </P> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>