Still just hangs using kernel-2.6.7-1.494.2.2 & cdrecord-2.01-0.a27.4.FC2.3
[root@help root]# cdrecord --dev=/dev/hdd FC2-i386-rescuecd.iso cdrecord: No write mode specified. cdrecord: Asuming -tao mode. cdrecord: Future versions of cdrecord may have different drive dependent defaults. cdrecord: Continuing in 5 seconds... Cdrecord-Clone 2.01a27-dvd (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jörg Schilling Note: This version is an unofficial (modified) version with DVD support Note: and therefore may have bugs that are not present in the original. Note: Please send bug reports or support requests to <warly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>. Note: The author of cdrecord should not be bothered with problems in this version. scsidev: '/dev/hdd' devname: '/dev/hdd' scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2 Warning: Open by 'devname' is unintentional and not supported.
No idea what DL means...... [root@help root]# ps waux | grep cdrecord root 8513 0.0 1.0 6896 6896 pts/5 DL 12:34 0:00 cdrecord --dev=/dev/hdd FC2-i386-rescuecd.iso
See "man ps"; D means the process is in an uninterruptible sleep (usually this happens when waiting on I/O), and L means "has pages locked into memory (for real-time and custom IO)".
Do you know if this drive works in any other O.S.? It might actually be a hardware problem.
Paul.
