Re: [gentoo-user] cdrecord-prodvd extrange behaivor

[Uwe Thiem <uwix@iway.na>]

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

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