[KLUG Members] CD Burning, a Question or Two

[Bruce Smith]

> > driveropts=burnproof
> > 
> > I assume this is a typo, as the manpage specifies as options only
> > burnfree, noburnfree, varirec=value, audiomaster, forcespeed,
> > noforcespeed, tattooinfo and tattoofile=name. Does your CD-R have
> > the BurnFree feature?
> > 
> Not in my man page:
> 
> driveropts=option list
>               Set driver specific options. The options are speci-
>               fied  a  comma  separated  list.   To get a list of
>               valid options use driveropts=help together with the
>               -checkdrive  option.   Currently only the burnproof
>               option is implemented to  support  Buffer  Underrun
>               Proof  writing with drives that use the Sanyo BURN-
>               Proof technology.

Ditto.  I use the burnproof option all the time.  BUT your CDR DRIVE has
to SUPPORT IT!  Many do NOT.  If you're only burning at 4X, then you
either have slow media or a old drive.  If it's an old drive, then I bet
it doesn't support burnproof.

OTOH, on old drives where I gave it the burnproof option, it only gave a
warning/error, continued, and didn't cause any harm to the burned CDR.
However, YMMV!!!  :-)

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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