[Sderby] My problem trying to write CD-RW!

[James Gibbon]

Tony Shaw wrote:

> Cdrecord says outputs: Trying to use high medium on low speed
> writer' so it looks as if I have got to get either a CD-Writer
> faster than the 4 speed version I have got now (and I can not see
> myself doing that) or find some one to swap my six High Speed
> 4-10x Compatible CD-RW with low speed ones. So it look as if I am
> going to torment one of my mates to swap the CD-RWs with and try
> again. Thanks anyway, I just hope that I have better luck next
> time around.
> 

I must admit, I had always been under the impression that low-speed
media can't be written at high speed, but high-speed media can be
written at ANY speed up to the advertised rate, which is actually a
_maximum_.

However I did a quick google on "trying to use high medium on low
speed writer" and it seems that your conclusion is correct, ie
you'll need to buy 'slower' CDRWs.  Still, I think they are 
pretty cheap these days.

There's a thread about this on the cdrecord-support mailing list, a
pertinent post being here:

http://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/cdrecord-support/2003-February/000761.html

Cheers
James