[LAU] CDRDAO speed, CRC errors, blah

[Roberto]

On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 02:14:09PM -0700, Ken Restivo wrote:
> OK, so I try to write at a lower speed.
> 
> $ cdrdao  write --speed 4 tofile.toc
> Starting write at speed 8...
> Pausing 10 seconds - hit CTRL-C to abort.
> 
> No no no no, I said speed 4!
> 
> $ cdrdao  write --speed 2 tofile.toc
> Starting write at speed 8...
> Pausing 10 seconds - hit CTRL-C to abort.
> 
> Arrgggh...
> 
> $ cdrdao  write --speed 1 tofile.toc
> Starting write at speed 8...
> Pausing 10 seconds - hit CTRL-C to abort.
> 
> Hey, cdrdao, are you even listening to me!??

Oh nice, so it was not my computer :) It seems it is not limited to
cdrdao, I noticed recently that growisofs (the tool that I use to write
my DVDs) also ignores the -speed=X setting. If I recall correctly, it
was previously working as expected with the same drive...