On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 08:27:26AM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > On Fri, 13 Feb 2004, Christopher K. Johnson wrote: > > > I haven't done this yet, so this is only a guess, but 'cdrecord > > dev=HELP:' indicates for an ATAPI: prefix that an appropriate target > > syntax is ATAPI:bus,target,lun and it also says "Open via UNIX device: > > not supported". Perhaps that man page is just outdated since your use > > of /dev/hdb partially worked. But given your -scanbus output perhaps > > using dev=ATAPI:0,1,0 would work better? > > i tried this, with no more success. at this point, i have to give > up and pack up the system to go for a drive, but the latest test > was spectacularly unsuccessful -- numerous "packet error" messages, > along with some *very* unpleasant noises from the drive that i've > never heard before. > > i'm starting to suspect the poor drive is just plain history. > Had you any good recordings previously? It could be a damaged drive or in need of a firmware update. Regards, Luciano Rocha
