Re: CD/CD-RW drive not working on Dell Inspiron 7500

Paul Schenkeveld wrote:
> I can mount and read CDs and a CDRW written on a Yamaha SCSI burner
> but 'burncd msinfo' and 'burncd blank' already give errors.  From
> my kernel config:

Is this a CDRW? Other wise "blank" won't do anything. Also, since you 
can mount the CDRs before you do burncd, is this a multisession CDR? If 
so, try with a plain, empty CDR - I've had problems with multisession 
ones before. Also, try burning at different speeds.

As Brian suggested, try different CDR brands. Cheapo ones tend to fail 
quite frequently (I usually have 5-10% failure rate when burning).

Lars
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Lars Eggert <[email protected]>           USC Information Sciences Institute