From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264569AbTDPTnH (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Apr 2003 15:43:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264570AbTDPTnH (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Apr 2003 15:43:07 -0400 Received: from twister.ispgateway.de ([62.67.200.3]:15883 "HELO twister.ispgateway.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S264569AbTDPTnH (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Apr 2003 15:43:07 -0400 Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 21:56:14 +0200 From: Steffen Moser To: Michael Buesch Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.4.x Problem with cd writing Message-ID: <20030416195614.GC9662@steffen-moser.de> Mail-Followup-To: Michael Buesch , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <200304161919.08615.fsdeveloper@yahoo.de> <20030416181005.GB9662@steffen-moser.de> <200304162058.29367.fsdeveloper@yahoo.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200304162058.29367.fsdeveloper@yahoo.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * On Wed, Apr 16, 2003 at 08:58 PM (+0200), Michael Buesch wrote: > On Wednesday 16 April 2003 20:10, Steffen Moser wrote: > > * On Wed, Apr 16, 2003 at 07:19 PM (+0200), Michael Buesch wrote: > > > While my writer writes TOC or fixes CD (doesn't write real data-stream), > > > the whole ide-disk interface of the system is frozen. > > > > Are you sure that the whole IDE subsystem freezes? I suppose that only > > the IDE channel where the CD writer is connected to becomes frozen > No, both channels are frozen. So this might be a different problem. Here, only the secondary IDE channel was blocked because the CD writer was connected to this channel. > > You can try the option "-immed" which is available at least when using > > "cdrecord-2.0" [1]. > sorry, doesn't work. I think that's one more hint that you're experiencing a different kind of problem. This option worked for me (as well as connecting the CD writer to a separate IDE channel which is not shared with any other device - especially with a hard disk). Steffen