[NTLUG:Discuss] CD burning update

[J. Reeves Hall]

Jay F. Cox wrote:

> "J. Reeves Hall" wrote:
> >
> > (update on my previous question)
> > I got the CD writer to work with the -scanide 0 flag (x-cd-roast). This
> > prevents it from seeing the reader at all.
> > Now the only concern is getting the reader to cooperate with x-cd-roast,
> > so I can do direct CD-to-CD copying (and 40x reading rather than 16x
> > reading). Any hints?
>
> I know this might not be what you are looking for, but if you can get
> cdrecord to work you could follow the instructions under
>
> --4.7.  Is it possible to make a 1:1 copy of a data CD?"
>
> under the cd-writing-howto. simply enough you just use /dev/othercdrom
> as the input file.  however, I have tried this, and if your read only
> cdrom is in anyway flaky, I wouldnt attempt this unless *perhaps* you
> are writing to a rewritable because if the ro-cdrom times out for too
> long, you will have to start all over in writing (with a perfectly
> ruined writable cdrom if not
> rewritable).

Yes, cdrecord works. Oddly enough xcdroast doesn't. Oh well, cdrecord does
the job well enough!

-Reeves