[oclug] Ripping problems

[Brad Barnett]

On 29 Aug 2002 22:33:19 -0400
Trevor Curtis <tcurtis at somaradio.ca> wrote:

> On Wed, 2002-08-28 at 15:04, Vic Gedris wrote:
> > Have you tried disabling some of cdparanoia's "paranoia" options? 
> > Also, it it possible that your CD-ROM is getting a little flaky, and
> > doesn't handle the heat of a an extended ripping session too well?
> 
> Yes, however I've discovered this is not the problem.
> 
> > 
> > Next time it happens, instead of rebooting, try waiting 15 minutes
> > before ripping again.
> 
> Didn't work. I even left it alone with the cdrom open for 2 hours. 8)
> 
> After ripping a few tracks, I'm now in a state where nothing seems to
> work. In fact, I've tried mounting some discs containing software, and I
> get some interesting messages in my logs:
> 
> hdc: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> hdc: command error: error=0x51
> end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 64
> isofs_read_super: bread failed, dev=16:00, iso_blknum=16, block=32
> 
> I don't think my cdrom is busted, since all works fine initially and can
> be corrected with a reboot. It's also not that old.
> 
> So now the drive is un-usable unless I reboot, which I won't do for now,
> as I try to track the problem down.
> 
> Any thoughts? I'm stumped! :\
> TC.
> 


1) try to put the CDROM on an IDE interface all by itself

2) turn off DMA and everything else special using hdparm