[3694] in linux-scsi channel archive
recordable scsi cd problem - scsi timeout
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrea.Zuccollo@mail.ing.nl)
Tue Apr 14 12:42:50 1998
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 17:20:39 +0000
From: Andrea.Zuccollo@mail.ing.nl
To: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
Hi,
I'm having trouble with the following configuration:
ibm pc i586
16 mb ram + 90k swap disk
adaptec scsi aha 2940 ultra rev. c
yamaha cd-r cdr400t rev 1.0i on scsi bus seagate st3255on (2gb) on
scsi bus
cdrecord-1.5
slackware 2.0.30
We want to use this pc as a cd-r unit, and we had some trouble setting
up the scsi card and the cdw; now, when I create a cdrom (mkisofs and
then cdrecord), it happens to write the data and then it 'hangs' for a
long time (no 'fixating' message); eventually, I see a 'scsi
timeout/reset' message on the screen and the cd-r unit releases the
disk; at this point, I can mount the disk (there's a toc on it) or I
have to fixate it; after that, it 'usually' is fine
Sometimes we need to power off/on the pc to have the cdr- unit working
again; we configured the host adapter to be #0 on the scsi bus, and it
is auto-terminated
At least one time it created a cdrom and after that it was unreadable
and unfixable
I don't see any error message in the system files
We also have a DEC Alpha Server 1000, running DEC Unix 4.0a but I can
see 'cdrecord' doesn't support it; do you know if a simple 'dd' would
be enough to copy an iso9660 image to cdrom ? I guess not, but I'm
just asking; we don't have any sparc/solaris box around, so either
Linux or DEC Unix are our way; otherwise, I have to resolve to
commercial sw for DEC
Should we use another version (suse, redhat) ?
Please reply by e-mail; thanks in advance for any help,
Andrea
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