Re: formatting CD-RW locks the system
From: Robert Hancock
Date: Sun Apr 10 2005 - 23:08:42 EST
Stas Sergeev wrote:
OK, I'll try cdrecord too, thanks.
But there might be a bug in the kernel
if the system literally dies with the
cdrwtool.
If the format is being done as a single blocking ATAPI command, then
that will definitely block any other accesses on the same IDE channel,
at least - that's just the way IDE works. That shouldn' have an effect
on other IDE channels though..
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