Mailinglist Archive: packet-writing (117 mails)

[Fritz Lnes <cdseekr@xxxxxxxxx>]

Greetings -

A few days ago I purchased a Sony CRX195E1 (labeled as
CRX195A1, but I think they're basically the same
drive), which is a 40x12x48x Powerburn-enabled CD-RW. 
Although I have been able to get packet-writing to
work in Linux, I haven't been able to get it to work
in an entirely error-free manner.  Examples are:

-If I delete a directory on the CD-RW (say, dir1) in
Windows, I am unable to create a directory of that
name in Linux (mkdir claims that a directory of that
name already exists).
-For some reason, at least one file (possibly more)
gives me 'access denied' errors, despite the utter
lack of restrictions put on the thing.  For instance,
if I were to do 'ls *.jpg' it would stick in the
middle of the output 'myfile.jpg - Access Denied'. 
Furthering this problem, after deleting and replacing
this file in Windows, I not only did not regain
access, but I got TWO of these errors on the SAME
filename.
-The CD-RW's drive light is almost ALWAYS on when I
have the CD-RW mounted.
-On one disc, the drive writing time was exceedingly
slow when writing lots of little files.  However, I
suspect that the disc may have been bad.

I have attempted using both SCSI emulation mode and
plain IDE, but the problems seem to persist equally
between these two modes.  I am rather at a loss as to
what to do.  Is there a possibility of the drive being
damaged?  I have my suspicions, but it seems to work
alright in Windows.  I am currently using Linux 2.4.18
on a Slackware installation, with the (I believe)
latest version of the packet-writing patch.  In
Windows, I'm using B's Clip 3.24 (which was what came
with the drive).

Although my skills in kernel programming are lacking,
I -am- willing to try to help debug it, albiet I don't
know what can be done - I turned on the logging/debug
function at it seemed to produce no errors.

Any help anyone can give me would be GREATLY
appreciated.  I have about nine days to determine
whether or not this drive is suitable for use before I
can't take it back.

Thank you for any help you can give me.


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