Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 08:47:29 -0500 From: "Andrew C. Hornback" <hornback@wireco.net> To: "Jussi Reissell" <reissell@cc.helsinki.fi> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: CD burning question Message-ID: <000601c0b144$4e5ec4e0$0e00000a@tomcat> In-Reply-To: <87elvs5zy2.fsf@mursu.pesa.fi>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Jussi Reissell > Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 8:32 AM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: CD burning question > > So, are there issues with older CD-ROM readers and rewritable disks > that I should be aware of? Or is this a case of simply doing the right > incantations when blanking/burning the disk? I use mkisofs and > cdrecord to burn the disk. I tried to do the blanking with either > blank=all or blank=fast switch on without success. Actually, yes, there are issues with older CD-Rom drives and CD-RW media. Personally, I'm surprised that it read it in the first place. A lot of lower speed (i.e. everything up to, but not including, 32x) CD-Rom drives simply won't touch a CD-RW, even if it's been burnt correctly. Same goes with a lot of early CD-R and CD-RW drives, as they used semi-proprietary formats to produce disks which were unreadable in anything but the drive they were created, or one of the same model. Basically, unless you're using a fairly modern CD-Rom which supports CD-R and CD-RW, I wouldn't try any non-professionally mastered CDs in those drives. --- Andy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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