hi thanks Jaye ... I've tried quite a few different kernel configurations, including the one in your e-mail. I haven't been able to get this drive working at all under linux or Windows .... I think it's time to write Acer off as a bad mistake ...
Andrew ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jaye Inabnit ke6sls" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Andrew McRobert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 1:14 PM Subject: Re: Problems with Acer CD-RW 8432IA (cont...) > > Andrew, > > Have you ever had this writer working under linux? It almost sounds like a > problem I had following a kernel upgrade from 2.0.36 to 2.2.17! I had left > in the atapi drivers in the kernel when I compiled it - - - I was kind of > going nutz over the whole deal. Finally my brother sent me a small email, and > that did the trick. I'll add it for you, and perhaps this might help. > > Re: no scsi found > From: "G. L. `Griz' Inabnit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Message was signed by unknown key ID 0x2FFB4B4A > Fire up 'make menuconfig' and follows this check list. > > 1. Block Devices > 1a. Include IDE/ATAPI CDROM support = N > 1b. SCSI emulation support = y > > 2. SCSI SUPPORT > 2a. SCSI support = y > 2b. SCSI CD-ROM support = Y > 2c. Enable vendor-specific extensions (for SCSI CDROM =Y > 2d. SCSI generic support = Y > > > On Sunday 10 December 2000 14:33, you were accused of writtng something like > this: > > > > Griz, > > > > I'm stumped. I have checked and recheckd and even re-re-compiled the kernel > > just to double make sure. I have included generic scsi and scsi emulation, > > but cdrecord -scanbus finds nothing. i'm reading the howto: > > http://www.guug.de/~winni/linux/cdr/html/CD-Writing-2.html > > But it is telling me that I can't include some things in the kernel and > > should be using ^m^ for modules. Did you mod the scsi stuff last time? I > > don't recall ever using modules on anything :| > > > > tnx > > I hope this is helpful. > > regards > > On Monday 08 January 2001 18:34, Andrew McRobert wrote: > > hi all > > > > I tried the command line suggestion of: > > > > cdrecord -v -dummy speed=2 dev=0,0 cd_image.raw > > > > with no luck ... here's the output from cdrecord if someone can help?!?!? > > > > thanks > > > > start------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Cdrecord 1.8 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 Jörg Schilling > > TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM > > scsidev: '0,0' > > scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 0 > > Using libscg version 'schily-0.1' > > atapi: 1 > > Device type : Removable CD-ROM > > Version : 0 > > Response Format: 1 > > Vendor_info : 'ATAPI ' > > Identifikation : 'CD-R/RW 8X4X32 ' > > Revision : '5.AX' > > Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW. > > Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R driver (mmc_cdr). > > Driver flags : SWABAUDIO > > Drive buf size : 1634304 = 1596 KB > > FIFO size : 4194304 = 4096 KB > > Track 01: data 67 MB > > Total size: 77 MB (07:38.30) = 34373 sectors > > Lout start: 77 MB (07:40/23) = 34373 sectors > > Current Secsize: -1 > > ATIP start of lead in: -12525 (97:15/00) > > ATIP start of lead out: 359849 (79:59/74) > > Disk type: Long strategy type (Cyanine, AZO or similar) > > Manuf. index: 26 > > Manufacturer: TDK Corporation > > Blocks total: 359849 Blocks current: 359849 Blocks remaining: 325476 > > Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 2 in dummy mode for single session. > > Last chance to quit, starting dummy write in 9 seconds.8 seconds.7 > > seconds.6 seconds.5 seconds.4 seconds.3 seconds.2 seconds.1 seconds. > > Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ... input buffer ready. > > Starting new track at sector: 0 > > Track 01: 0 of 67 MB written.cdrecord: Input/output error. write_g1: > > scsi sendcmd: retryable error status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION) > > CDB: 2A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 > > Sense Bytes: 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 21 00 00 00 > > Sense Key: 0x5 Illegal Request, Segment 0 > > Sense Code: 0x21 Qual 0x00 (logical block address out of range) Fru 0x0 > > Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid) > > cmd finished after 0.001s timeout 40s > > > > write track data: error after 0 bytes > > Sense Bytes: 70 00 00 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 > > Writing time: 5.021s > > Fixating... > > WARNING: Some drives don't like fixation in dummy mode. > > Fixating time: 0.002s > > cdrecord: fifo had 128 puts and 1 gets. > > cdrecord: fifo was 0 times empty and 0 times full, min fill was 100%. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------end > > > > ------------------------------ > > Andrew McRobert > > B.Sc.(Comp. Sci.) LL.B LL.M > > Info. Tech. Liaison Officer > > School of Law > > MURDOCH UNIVERSITY > > Ph: + 61 8 9360 6479 > > Fax: + 61 8 9310 6671 > > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > > Jaye Inabnit, ARS ke6sls e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 707-442-6579 h/m 707-268-4074268-4074//www.qsl.net/ke6sls > ICQ# 12741145 > This mail composed with kmail on kde on X on linux warped by debian > If it's stupid, but works, it ain't stupid. >
