MakeCD not fixing CDs or DVDs

[robo-ant]

Hi,

I'm running Amithlon.  I moved a DVD writer to my system from a Windows PC a few months ago.  I've been using MakeCD to write to it but it is extremely unreliable about fixing the discs.

The DVD writer is an LG GSA-4081B.  It worked reliably in Windows so I think it must be a software issue on the Amiga, although I did attempt to access LG's site to find out if there was a firmware upgrade for this thing (not easy using AWeb! :boohoo:) with no success (i.e. I don't know if there is an upgrade).

I was just wondering if anyone else has tried using MakeCD with this drive, and if they've had similar results.

The un-fixed discs are readable with my Amithlon system, but not with anything else.  When fixing works, the discs can be read on everything I've tried.

I don't know what magic needs to happen to get a fixed disc, but it seems to involve cold-booting the PC about 20 times. :angry:

It is important for me to get good backups right now because I am about to try installing Zenwalk Linux on my Amithlon box.


Thanks for any help or info.

[robo-ant]

Hi pVC,

Thank you!  I had avoided the versions labeled "beta" and used MakeCD 3.2c.  I guess that was a mistake! :roll:

After getting the version you linked to, I successfully burned two CD-RWs, then rebooted my machine and burned a DVD-R with a backup of four partitions of my HD (2649 MB in all).

I didn't see any sign that it fixed the DVD-R, but the resulting disc reads fine on my DVD player, which wasn't happening on un-fixed discs before.

So it looks good now.  I'll probably wait until the long weekend to fight with the Linux install, though. :-o