Hi Andy,

28 Aug 99 09:56:24 Eddy Thilleman wrote to Andy Roberts:

ET> First it didn't find the drive, later it once found the
ET> drive, after I changed the SCSI IDs cdrecord didn't find the
ET> drive anymore.

*NOW*, after the system has been off for more than 12 hours, cdrecord actually 
*writes* the cdrw!! The Adaptec BIOS is - for all SCSI devices including the
cdrewriter - set to 80 MB/s synchronous transfer speed, wide negotiation and
enable disconnect.

This is the result:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
ATIP info from disk:
  Indicated writing power: 2
  Reference speed: 0
  Is not unrestricted
  Is erasable
  ATIP start of lead in:  -11625 (97:27/00)
  ATIP start of lead out: 336225 (74:45/00)
  speed low: 0 speed high: 4
  power mult factor: 6 6
  recommended erase/write power: 4
Disk type: phase change
Manuf. index: 81
Manufacturer: ILLEGAL: Old Ritek Co.???
Blocks total: 336225 Blocks current: 336225 Blocks remaining: 14016
Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 2 in write mode for single session.
Last chance to quit, starting real write in 1 seconds.
Starting new track at sector: 0
Track 01: 629 of 629 MB written.
Track 01: Total bytes read/written: 659879936/659879936 (322207 sectors).
Writing  time: 2159.170s
Fixating...
Fixating time:  125.240s
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

I'm not sure why it says "Manufacturer: ILLEGAL: Old Ritek Co.???" ?

AR>> Personally I'm still inclined to think the Sync speed setting
AR>> could be more of a problem than the SCSI ID order. But that's
AR>> just based on my RTFM and having seen the exact same symptoms
AR>> with other SCSI devices.

I'll keep this in mind when there is a problem with it in the future. No doubt 
my friend will call me when he has a problem with it. :)

  Cheers   -=Eddy=-        email: eddy.thilleman@net.hcc.nl

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