* Does cdrwtool work if you start with a blank CD and format it without blanking it from cdrwtool? (I think cdrwtool -m will format without blanking first, but I'm too lazy to check the source code.)
Welp, Since i have no way to "blank" a cd in linux (besides the format tool that works from Andy Polyakov... and im not positive thats a real "blank") I guess i could boot into windows and try blanking there. Actually, I'll do that later tonight.
Ok, I blanked the CD in windows. there is absolutely nothing on it. : alumbox cdrwtool # ./cdrwtool -d /dev/sr0 -m 1000000 using device /dev/sr0 formatting 1000000 blocks 1280KB internal buffer setting write speed to 12x wait_cmd: Invalid argument Command failed: 04 17 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - sense 05.24.00 format disc: Illegal seek in dmsg i get: sr0: CDROM (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST. Same as before. cdrwtool is calling an ioctl obviously that just doesnt exist for the hardware.
* Does packet writing work if you start with a CD already formatted for packet writing?
Well, I'd love to but im confused as to how to do that. In Windows I use B's Recorder Gold. The thing is, I can blank a CD there but, being windows, there really is no way to jsut "format" a disc without also putting data on it, and, being windows, im not sure how it formats it. I guess I could try requesting a isofs and jsut assume it formats it as an isofs and put a few test files on it? Wayde