Why does cdrecord take all the processing power from the computer,
especially during fixating a CD? The system just stops.
I am using SL9.1 and an AMD2500 Athlon.
Thanks / JB

J Boehm wrote:

>
> Why does cdrecord take all the processing power from the computer,
> especially during fixating a CD? The system just stops.
> I am using SL9.1 and an AMD2500 Athlon.
> Thanks / JB

Hi ..
I hade the same problems when I should burn but I have SL10.0
the mouse pointer hehe dont follow me....

//Bootstrap

On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 12:18:42 +0100, J Boehm wrote:

>
> Why does cdrecord take all the processing power from the computer,
> especially during fixating a CD? The system just stops.
> I am using SL9.1 and an AMD2500 Athlon.
> Thanks / JB

let me guess, your system just slows to a crawl eh? X windows gets choppy,
CLI takes forever to respond?? make sure you have the support for your
mobo's chipset compiled in which should help with the disk i/o which
you can check with hdparm(8).

--
"Those who give up freedom for security, deserve neither."
-- Thomas Jefferson

On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 12:31:22 -0600, dj wrote:

> On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 12:18:42 +0100, J Boehm wrote:
>
>
>> Why does cdrecord take all the processing power from the computer,
>> especially during fixating a CD? The system just stops. I am using SL9.1
>> and an AMD2500 Athlon. Thanks / JB
>
> let me guess, your system just slows to a crawl eh? X windows gets choppy,
> CLI takes forever to respond?? make sure you have the support for your
> mobo's chipset compiled in which should help with the disk i/o which you
> can check with hdparm(8).

No problem with motherboard details in kernel or with hdparm anywhere
except with cdrecord, mainly during fixation. I don't think this is the
problem.
Thanks anyway, JB

J Boehm wrote:

>
> Why does cdrecord take all the processing power from the computer,
> especially during fixating a CD? The system just stops.
> I am using SL9.1 and an AMD2500 Athlon.
> Thanks / JB

I've found this problem with newer cdrecord, downgrading to 2.00.3 fixes it.

On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 11:18:07 +0000, MikeyD wrote:

> J Boehm wrote:
>
>
>> Why does cdrecord take all the processing power from the computer,
>> especially during fixating a CD? The system just stops. I am using SL9.1
>> and an AMD2500 Athlon. Thanks / JB
>
> I've found this problem with newer cdrecord, downgrading to 2.00.3 fixes
> it.

Thanks, that makes sense. I am using cdrecord 1.10, glad that the problem
is not endemic.
JB