Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:57:11 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: carmel_ny@hotmail.com Cc: FreeBSD Question <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Problem with burncd Message-ID: <444oupyvko.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <BLU0-SMTP7A29750815034B767488193440@phx.gbl> (Carmel's message of "Tue\, 9 Jun 2009 16\:31\:10 -0400") References: <BLU0-SMTP7A29750815034B767488193440@phx.gbl>
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Carmel <Carmel_NY@hotmail.com> writes: > I just installed FreeBSD-7.2. I attempted to burn a CD; however, > when the burn completes, I receive this message: > > burncd: ioctl(CDRIOCFIXATE); Input/output error. > > This is the command line: > > # burncd -ev -s max fixate data notes.txt > > Now, if I do not use the 'fixate' command, no error message is > displayed; however, the CD is not readable. I have no idea what the > problem is. I have used brand new CD disks that work fine on my Windows > PCs. > > Is there a better CD-Burner program that I could use instead? First of all, you need to make a filesystem to burn onto the CD. I find it very unlikely that you really want to burn a text file directly. I suggest you start by reading the documentation on the subject: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/creating-cds.html -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/
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