Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 23:25:45 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: carmel_ny@hotmail.com Cc: Carmel <Carmel_NY@hotmail.com>, FreeBSD Question <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Problem with burncd Message-ID: <20090609232545.7158a882.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <BLU0-SMTP7A29750815034B767488193440@phx.gbl> References: <BLU0-SMTP7A29750815034B767488193440@phx.gbl>
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On Tue, 9 Jun 2009 16:31:10 -0400, Carmel <Carmel_NY@hotmail.com> wrote: > 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 As far as I know, the command should be like # burncd -ev -s max data notes.txt fixate I don't know if the order matters. Furthermore: You know that you are recording notes.txt directly onto the CD and omitting the ISO-9660 filesystem? > Now, if I do not use the 'fixate' command, no error message is > displayed; however, the CD is not readable. Yes, it is not fixated. > I have no idea what the > problem is. I have used brand new CD disks that work fine on my Windows > PCs. I had similar problems with burncd a long while ago, and I dropped it completely in favour of SCSI / CAM based tools. > Is there a better CD-Burner program that I could use instead? There is. Install cdrecord and / or cdrdao for CDs, and growisofs for DVDs. Loat atapicam kernel module. Use it. Be happy. :-) -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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