Found a bug while writing CDs?

[John Moniz]

Michael S. Peek wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I think I've found a bug, but I'm not sure what package this would be in 
> so I'm not sure how to search to find out if it's already reported or not.
>
> Here's what I've got:
>
> I have an ISO file on my desktop that I'm writing to a CD-R.
> I insert a blank CD-R into the drive and wait for the "Blank CD-R Disk" 
> icon to appear on the desktop.
> I right-click on the ISO file and select "Write to disc..."
> The "Blank CD-R Disk" icon disappears, and the image is written to disk.
> When writing completes, the disk is ejected and I am presented with a 
> choice to close or make another copy.
>
> Here's where the error occurs, and it seems to depend on what I do next:
>
> No error:
> ---------
> I remove the freshly-written CD-R from the drive.
> I replace it with a new blank CD-R and wait for the "Blank CD-R Disk" 
> icon to appear on the desktop.
> I then select "Make Another Copy".
> The disk is written and all is well.
>
> Error:
> ------
> I reinsert the freshly-written CD-R into the drive.
> The disk is mounted, and I open a window to view the contents -- just to 
> be sure that writing took place correctly.
> I eject the freshly-written CD-R disk from the drive.
> I replace it with a new blank CD-R and wait for the "Blank CD-R Disk" 
> icon to appear on the desktop.
> I then select "Make Another Copy".
>
> --- And here comes the error: ---
>
> The new blank CD-R disk is then ejected, the status message on the 
> "Writing Image to Disc" window changes to "Preparing to Write CD", and 
> then an "Error writing to disc" pop-up window comes up.
>
> Had the disk writer not ejected the disk then I suspect all would be fine.
>
> If I then re-insert the blank CD-R and try again, the same thing will 
> continue to happen.  The only cure is to select "Close" (instead of 
> "Make Another Copy"), and write my second disk by right-clicking on the 
> ISO file and selecting "Write to disc..."
>
>
> This error only seems to happen if I mount and then eject a disk between 
> the first and second write attempts.  Something about mounting+ejecting 
> a disk seems to throw off the writer and make it think that it needs to 
> eject the new media before it attempts to write.  (This does not seem to 
> happen with CD-RW disks, only CD-R.)
>
>
> Michael
It appears that the 'eject' is not unmounting first. Did you try 
unmounting, then ejecting?