Re: [Cdrdao-devel] L-EC errors ignored, but slow

[Giuseppe C. <co...@lu...>]

On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Paul DeStefano wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> My apologies if this request for assistance violates list rules.
>
> I am trying to make an accurate copy of a data CD.  My solution to this
> error:
> ...
> Cannot read CD-TEXT data - maybe not supported by drive.
I see below that you're using mmc and mmc-raw for reading. This should be
your last resource: try plextor and plextor-scan instead. BTW raw reading
and CD-TEXT do not have anything to share.
> was to use the --read-raw option.  As expected, L-EC errors are ignored
> with this option, but each error seems to stall the the CD drive, causing
> the CD-ROM to spin down (but, not to a complete stop).
It's the standard behaviour of drives.
If you have a plextor drive there's an utility to make the drive not to
slow down, called plextor-tool
http://www.technik.sth.ac.at/plextor-tool

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