Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest)

[Jan Engelhardt]

>> >It does not prevent you from creatig a coaster in case you connect e.g.
>> >two ATAPI writers to the same ATA cable.
>> >
>> Apart from transfer speed issues and potential buffer underruns coming 
>> along with that, is there anything technically impossible with writing to 
>> two ATAPI drives at the same time?
>
>It depends on what type of drive you use.
>
>If you chose a drive that blocks the ATA cable while processing a 
>START/STOP/UNIT, you are out of luck.
>
That may be what I experienced with that aopen writer.



Jan Engelhardt
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