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

[Joerg Schilling]

Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> >
> >> You CAN'T have multiple cdrecord processes burning the same disc at the 
> >> same time; the very idea makes no sense.  The O_EXCL just prevents you 
> >> from trying such foolishness and creating a coaster. 
> >
> >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.

Jörg

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