6.09.2007

1_04Xrcp1.bin - 1_08Xrcp1.bin: is Free Your Plextor" firmware:

1_08Xrpc1.bin is PX-755 1.08 firmware and PX-760 1.07 firmware
1_07Xrpc1.bin is PX-755 1.07 firmware and PX-760 1.06 firmware
and so on.

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13.01.2006

quality check for Plxtor drives: http://qpxtool.sourcefoge.net

quality check for all c1-, c2-, cu-scan capable CD-/DVD-burner
based on readcd.c from Jörg Schilling in the extended version from Alexander Noe: http://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~noe/readcd

1. files
2. usage of readcd
3. solution for the q-check root problem, not existent for kernel >= 2.6.14-rc2 

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1. files:

* ebuild-qpxtool-0.3.4.tgz
  qpxtool is in portage now. Look there for current version.

* cdrtools-2.01.01a1-patched.tar.gz 
  is the patched source-code of cdrtools-2.01.01_alpha01. Just extract, make && make install 

* cxscan-user-patch.tgz
  is the patch for cxscan as user against scsi_ioctl.c
  untar and follow the included Readme.txt 

* cxscan.tar.gz
  includes a gentoo ebuild and the patch for cxscan. The ebuild is named cdrtools-2.01.01_alpha01-r3 and will update the actual stable ebuild for cdrtools. Gentoo users need nothing else more. 

* patch-2.01.01a01.tgz
  this is the patch against cdrtools-2.01.01_alpha01 itself. 

* the complete new readcd.c is available here:
  http://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~noe/readcd


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2.usage of readcd:

readcd dev=ATA:x,y,z --cxscan

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3. solution for the q-check root problem (hint: use kernel >= 2.6.14-rc2 and root-problem is soved)

edit: /usr/src/linux/drivers/block/scsi_ioctl.c
goto: Basic writing commands
add:  safe_for_write(WRITE_LONG_2),

recompile kernel and enjoy.

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