How do I know if my CD writer is dying.
- From: cga2000 <cga2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 23:09:55 GMT
I recently upgraded to debian etch and my sole means of backup, an HP
M820 external CD writer (SCSI/pcmcia) no longer works as reliably as it
used to.
The wodim cdrecord replacement hangs just before it says "fixating" ..
and eventually barfs a million error messages before croaking on a
"segfault".
I have a feeling this has nothing to do with pcmcia or scsi
configuration .. or an (always possible) bug in wodim that would affect
just my particular hardware .. but rather this may be a symptom of this
5-year old device gently dying on me.
Is there any way I could confirm this before I replace it?
Do CD writers just die and you have to buy another one .. or is there
ways to give them a second life?
Thanks,
cga
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