On 27 September 2005 17:18, Holly Bostick wrote: > Jason Stubbs schreef: > > As I said, it doesn't seem like it's misinterpreting from the output > > Actually, it seems to me that it is, from the output: > > Track 01: 4444 of 4444 MB written (fifo 100%). Track 01: Total bytes > > read/written: 4660250624/4660250624 (2275513 sectors). Writing time: > > 101.814s Fixating... WARNING: Some drives don't like fixation in > > dummy mode. > > The output definitely seems to indicate that cdrecord thinks that it is > meant to be in dummy mode-- but this is probably not a > 'misinterpretation', since two people have already pointed out syntax > errors that are probably stimulating cdrecord to resort to a fallback > position (dummy mode, to avoid damage to the device or waste of media, > since the program is not quite sure from the incorrect syntax precisely > what you want it to do).
I actually tried it out with the syntax errors because they made me curious as well. Well, cdrecord burnt the CD. So I really think it something else that tricks cdrecord into dummy mode. Uwe -- 95% of all programmers rate themselves among the top 5% of all software developers. - Linus Torvalds http://www.uwix.iway.na (last updated: 20.06.2004) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
