"cdrecord" fails consistently with scsi errors
Luciano Miguel Ferreira Rocha
strange at nsk.no-ip.org
Fri Feb 13 20:44:50 UTC 2004
On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 08:27:26AM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>
> On Fri, 13 Feb 2004, Christopher K. Johnson wrote:
>
> > I haven't done this yet, so this is only a guess, but 'cdrecord
> > dev=HELP:' indicates for an ATAPI: prefix that an appropriate target
> > syntax is ATAPI:bus,target,lun and it also says "Open via UNIX device:
> > not supported". Perhaps that man page is just outdated since your use
> > of /dev/hdb partially worked. But given your -scanbus output perhaps
> > using dev=ATAPI:0,1,0 would work better?
>
> i tried this, with no more success. at this point, i have to give
> up and pack up the system to go for a drive, but the latest test
> was spectacularly unsuccessful -- numerous "packet error" messages,
> along with some *very* unpleasant noises from the drive that i've
> never heard before.
>
> i'm starting to suspect the poor drive is just plain history.
>
Had you any good recordings previously? It could be a damaged drive or in
need of a firmware update.
Regards,
Luciano Rocha
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