burncd problem err=16 any ideas?

[Subhro]

On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 16:05:13 -0500, michael <cripticcorp at cripticcorp.net> wrote:
> Im pretty sure Im using a 40 conductor type, as for using the same cable
> for a Hard drive then cd rom they have there own separate cables,
> Primary goes to the hard drive, secondary is to the cd rom and i dont
> use a floppy.  Im not sure if the cd rom is set to slave ( manually )
> but im going to check that tonight. The Drive does support the buffer
> under run error protection, ill give you the whole specs of my system,
> 
> Amd 146 Opteron 2.0 ghz
> Asus SK8V Motherboard
> 1024mb of ram
> Sony DRU-530A Cd/Dvd Burner ( i have that model number memorized now
> thanks to my recent problems with it )
> Here are the results from the sysctl command:
> 
> <118>mtree -deU -f /usr/src/etc/mtree/BSD.sendmail.dist -p /
> <118> sendmail
> <118> sendmail-clientmqueue
> hw.ata.ata_dma: 1
> hw.ata.atapi_dma: 0
> <118>mtree -deU -f /usr/src/etc/mtree/BSD.sendmail.dist -p /
> <118> sendmail
> <118> sendmail-clientmqueue
> 
> If you need anything else let me know im gonna pop open the box later to
> make sure the cdrom is set to slave.
> 
> Michael
> 

cat >> /boot/loader.conf <Enter>

hw.ata.atapi_dma=1
<Ctrl+D>

reboot <Enter>

Does it remain?

And check the drive ordering. Most likely that is the problem.

Regards
S.
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Subhro Sankha Kar
School of Information Technology
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India