On Thu, 22 Oct 1998, Andy Loukes wrote:

> I have recently got cdrecord working with an ATAPI HP 7100 cd writer (yes 
> I know ATAPI sucks, but it wasn't up to me!).
> 
> The whole machine locks up when it is 'fixating' the disk. The cd writer
> is on a different ide interface to the harddisk.

With a resounding doh! I failed to mention that it is also giving the
following error:
cdrecord: Input/output error. close track/session: scsi sendcmd: retryable
error
CDB:  5B 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Does that help? 

-- 
Andy Loukes

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