Will Dyson on 23 Jan 2004 08:14:02 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] CD I/O errors on reading towards the end of the data


On Thu, 2004-01-22 at 20:48, Sandy Basickes wrote:
> hdparm does not work on the scsi drive scd1.
> there is a site that tells one how to pad the records and use md5sum
> to check all output.  The users there are still reporting problems with
> these fixes.
> I will wait to use CD s for backup.

Did you try blockdev?

Also, if you aren't using devfs, then I read that hdparm can still use
your /dev/hd[foo] device to send ioctrl()s to the drive.

-- 
Will Dyson
"Back off man, I'm a scientist!" -Dr. Peter Venkman

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