Re: cdrecord problems?


Subject: Re: cdrecord problems?
frazz@lump.mine.nu
Date: Tue Jul 03 2001 - 07:50:47 MDT


Nate,

 The FIFO buffer is the File In File Out buffer that cdrecord sets up to
pass data through. I think it's a SCSI problem with the kernel.

        -Frazz

On Mon, 2 Jul 2001, Nate Elkan wrote:

> Ahh.. glad to see I'm not the only one. What exactly is this FIFO buffer?
>
> -nate
>
>
> >From: <frazz@lump.mine.nu>
> >Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> >To: <yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>
> >Subject: Re: cdrecord problems?
> >Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 09:39:19 -0500 (CDT)
> >
> >Nate & All,
> >
> >I run into the same troubles with cdrecord, I posted about it earlier with
> >no response. My roommate and I figured out what is causing this is
> >cdrecord can't set the FIFO buffer. We both belive this to be a kernel
> >issue, I have not had time to recompile a kernel to test this, and I'm not
> >even sure what would be missing. I am also looking for help on this issue.
> >
> >As a temporoary work around you can use the -fs switch to set the FIFO
> >size to 0, cdrecord --help will give you the exact syntax. That works for
> >me for the time being, just as a lot of other little problems that I'm
> >having with the distribution, but that's another topic. You will want to
> >likely burn in test mode the first time to see if that will work for you.
> >
> >-Frazz
> >
> >On Sun, 1 Jul 2001, Nate Elkan wrote:
> >
> > > Heya.. I have an external scsi 12x burner by smart and friendly. When I
> >try
> > > to write any type of CD with cdrecord - it gives me this output:
> > >
> > > Cdrecord 1.9 (powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 Jörg
> > > Schilling
> > > TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM
> > > /usr/bin/cdrecord: Invalid argument. Cannot get mmap for 4198400 Bytes
> >on
> > > /dev/zero.
> > >
> > > And it does this wether I try it via the console or with a gui frontend.
> > > I can read audio and data cds with my burner.
> > > Any help would be appreciated!
> > > -Nate
> > >
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