On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, Gerry Doris wrote: >>>> Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 4 in write mode >>>for >>>> single session. > >You may want to consider going to the cdrecord website and downloading the >latest copy of the rpms. The author claims that the version shipped with >RH 8.0 is broken and shouldn't be used. He has rpms for RH 8.0 available >on his site. As the package maintainer of cdrecord in RHL, I'll state if it is "broken", it is because he wrote it broken, and not because of something specific to Red Hat Linux. Also, the "current" code, is labeled "alpha" code, not stable release code, and _THAT_ is why it is not in Red Hat Linux. When (if ever, it's been like 2 years since there was a new release) the author releases a new version as a "stable" release, then it will be considered for inclusion in Red Hat Linux - and only then if the source code is properly GPL licensed through and through. If there isn't a new stable release sometime before long, I may end up dropping cdrtools and replacing it entirely with the fully GPL licensed dvdrtools (which we ship already also) which is fully compatible with cdrtools (as it is based on it). I guess never releasing an official stable version of the code which supports newer hardware is his way of saying either "please purchase a license for my proprietary version of cdrecord-ProDVD", or possibly "please replace the aged cdrtools with a open source replacement which is maintained and kept up to date". But... I digress...... -- Mike A. Harris ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris OS Systems Engineer XFree86 maintainer Red Hat Inc. -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
