MakeCD Problems

[pan1k]

Hey guys, I'm trying to use MakeCD to backup my downloaded applications. I've tried burning directly to CD-R and also making an ISO image and burning that. They both fail. It seems I can burn small things, like my Digital Universe distro or Bars and Pipes.. but i'm trying to burn about 350MB worth of software. Any ideas where to start? I bought the CD-R brand new, it's attached to my FastATA in PIO 4 mode. Should it be in the same mode as my hard drive? (PIO 3)?

[pan1k]

Thanks for the replies. I'm using brand-name media (i.e. maxell, jvc, HP, etc) what it appears to be doing is filling up the buffer twice, and then the  buffer empties and it just sits there. The ISO is created fine. One thing that bothers me is that the CD-R drive can do PIO 4 but my HD can only do PIO-3. Weird huh? I'm only getting around 2.7MB/S with the drivespeed test. Are you guys using a scratch drive that is 700MB to do all of your burning?

[pan1k]

Its registered, i'll try to make a copy of an audio cd tonight and report back. Thanks again!

[pan1k]

Here's an update to my problem.. and the begining of the part where I feel stupid...

I took everyone's advice and tried to duplicate an audio cd, and MakeCD insisted that I have two CDROM drives, got ticked off and was getting mad at my Amiga. I made another attempt to burn all the crap that I downloaded, made an image, etc. I noticed something that I always see when I burn a CD, the gui locks up and the screensaver goes really slow. I remember one of the documentation files that came with my PowerFlyer ZIV, that it takes up a lot of CPU time when copying large amount of files, a light went off in my head and I just let it go..

It burned the CD just fine. I just figured before if the gui was locked up and the clock stopped ticking that it was frozen...I forget how underpowered my 040 can be

Thanks again guys! :-D