Re: cdrecord problems

[Robert Broughton]

In article <[e-mail]>,
	[e-mail] (Nate Eldredge) writes:
> I'm having a few apparently kernel-related problems with cdrecord.
> Current versions:
> 
> cdrecord: 1.8.1a01
> kernel: 2.2.15pre3
> drive: Sony CRX100E (IDE with ide-scsi)
> 
> These have persisted through many past versions of kernel and cdrecord.
> 
> Problem 1: During some operations (erasing a CD-RW, finalizing a
> disc), a lot of other processes on the system hang in the D state,
> with wchan __wait_on_page.  When the operation finishes, they resume.
> This is rather irritating.
> 
> Problem 2: Very often, I will try to burn a CD and get output like the
> following (voluminous, sorry):
> 
I'm having some similar, but not identical problems with cdrecord.
My kernel is 2.3.99-pre3, the CDROM drive is Yahama CDR102,
and the SCSI controller is NCR53c810.

I have burned CD's a couple of times with no problems. In both cases,
they were CDs with less than 600MB of data.

When I have had problems, it's always in the "fixating" stage. In
some cases, the system just hangs, and even <alt><SysRq> won't
do anything. In other cases, I get a kernel panic.

When a kernel panic occurs, is there any way I can save the
debugging information that appears on the screen to a file?  

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