From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 26 00:18:57 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 009CC16C5DC for ; Fri, 26 May 2006 00:18:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6E9843D68 for ; Fri, 26 May 2006 00:18:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.13.4/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k4Q0IHS9080350; Thu, 25 May 2006 18:18:17 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.13.4/8.13.3/Submit) with ESMTP id k4Q0IH99080347; Thu, 25 May 2006 18:18:17 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 18:18:17 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Lars Stokholm In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20060525181349.M80244@wonkity.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Thu, 25 May 2006 18:18:18 -0600 (MDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: burncd fails: Input output error X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 00:18:59 -0000 On Thu, 25 May 2006, Lars Stokholm wrote: > For testing purpose I'm trying to remake and burn the FreeBSD 6.1 CD > #1 iso image. I've put the CD in drive 0 (acd0) and: > > # dd if=/dev/acd0 of=freebsd.iso bs=2k > > Next I want to burn the image on a CD-R, but it fails. I'm using the > -t option now, since I've already wasted a CD on an Ubuntu image: > > # burncd -s 16 -tvf /dev/acd1 data freebsd.iso fixate ^^^^ Is that a typo or is your writer a different drive? Multiple drives on an IDE cable seem to cause problems for some people. > adding type 0x08 file freebsd.iso size 517364 KB 258682 blocks > next writeable LBA 0 > addr = 0 size = 529780736 blocks = 258682 > writing from file freebsd.iso size 517364 KB > written this track 832 KB (0%) total 832 KB > Input/output error Have you tried a new CD? Every now and then I'll get an error, but "fixate" always seems to write something to the CD, so it's a goner. Maybe not with -t, but an earlier attempt? Try a fresh blank. And also try burning at a slower speed, like 8x. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA