Re: Q: G3 DVDs work, I/O error with CD-ROMs... what's wrong?

Stephanie J. Lockwood-Childs wrote:

> On Tue, 28 Dec 2004, Carl Hudkins wrote:
> 
>> 3. I can copy small (a couple of MB) files from a CD-ROM all right.
>> 4. I CANNOT copy (or play, in the case of video files, which comprise the
>> majority of files I have burned to CD) large files (50 MB and larger)
>> from
> 
> What are the kernel messages you see when you get these input/output
> errors?

 Here's one of them, which was while playing a video directly from the CD:

Dec 28 20:58:10 [kernel] hdc: media error (bad sector): status=0x51
{ DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
                - Last output repeated 23 times -

 During a cp:

Dec 28 20:59:59 [kernel] Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block 94164
Dec 28 21:00:01 [kernel] hdc: media error (bad sector): status=0x51
{ DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
                - Last output repeated 31 times -

 Maybe this drive just doesn't like CDs I've burned, for some reason. 
Unlike many people I meet every day, I keep my CDs well -- no fingerprints,
dust, or scratches on the ones I'm using to test.  However, I've noticed
the CD player in my car skips more on discs I've burned than on "real"
audio CDs, so... ?  :)

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