Mailinglist Archive: packet-writing (116 mails)

[Andy Polyakov <appro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > > >There are serious issues writing to slow devices. Their slow =)
> > > >
> > > >Ben
> > >
> > > ok... i'll just live with it, then. :)
> >
> > What seems to happen is your entire memory is filled with buffers waiting
> > to be written to the disc, and so you start thrashing at which point
> > everything goes to hell =)
> >
> > Ben
> 
> Ok, maybe I shouldnt ask this seeing as that im going out of town tomorrow,
> but, starting from a fresh kernel, what exactly is the process to try my hand
> at dvd writting again? :P

Just to avoid possible confusion. We're talking about DVD+RW which is
different from DVD-RW. As for "what to do exactly." Just take your
vacation and check http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/ when you
get back. I plan to update the page and post the new kernel patch
upcoming weekend.

Cheers. A.