Re: [Bashburn-info] Multiple problems in burning.sh

[Nick W. <ni...@uk...>]

On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 14:20:49 -0400 (EDT)
"Steven W. Orr" <st...@sy...> wrote:


> =>Trouble is here, Steve is how to test it.  I don't have any stuff to
> =>burn/discs to test with?
> =>
> =>How can we test it all?
> =>
> =>Is there a switch in cdrecord & friends that goes through the
> motions =>(like --dry-run) and just pretends to burn something?
> 
> I see a -dummy option on cdrecord:
> 
>    -dummy The CD/DVD-Recorder will go through all steps of the
> recording process,  but the laser is turned off during this
> procedure. It is recommended to run several tests before actually
> writing to a Compact Disk or Digital Versatile Disk, if the timing
> and load response of the system is not known.
> 
> Is this useful?

I dunno.  Before the changes did you try it - and after did you try it
to see if it works?

Do you actually use BB?

That sounds rude, but isn't meant so.

Surely only change things one step at a time - please don't break
current functionality of BB to be _able_ to burn/rip etc. to not be
able to do it.

Nick
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