From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265257AbTLFWCh (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Dec 2003 17:02:37 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265259AbTLFWCh (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Dec 2003 17:02:37 -0500 Received: from ipcop.bitmover.com ([192.132.92.15]:49113 "EHLO work.bitmover.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265257AbTLFWCg (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Dec 2003 17:02:36 -0500 Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2003 14:02:27 -0800 From: Larry McVoy To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Wakko Warner , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: cdrecord hangs my computer Message-ID: <20031206220227.GA19016@work.bitmover.com> Mail-Followup-To: Larry McVoy , Linus Torvalds , Wakko Warner , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <3FD1994C.10607@stinkfoot.org> <20031206084032.A3438@animx.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Dec 06, 2003 at 01:57:03PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > On every PC I have that has an ide cd drive, I use > > ide-scsi. I like the fact that scd0 is the cdrom drive. > > And you liked the fact that you were supposed to write "dev=0,0,0" or > something strange like that? What a piece of crap it was. Hey, that "piece of crap" has burned one heck of a lot of ISO images of Linux over the years. How about a nod of thanks to the author before you tell him you don't like his interface? And how about acknowledgement that he made that "piece of crap" work on a lot of different Unix platforms? -- --- Larry McVoy lm at bitmover.com http://www.bitmover.com/lm