David E. Fox wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] growisofs -speed 4 -Z /dev/hdd=dvd.iso
Your media supports upto 6.1x as shown by your dvd+rw-mediainfo command. However, if you do "man growisofs" it says that -speed=1 should be used if higher speeds mess up your media. > Executing 'builtin_dd if=dvd.iso of=/dev/hdd obs=32k seek=0' > /dev/hdd: "Current Write Speed" is 1.0x1385KBps. > :-[ [EMAIL PROTECTED] failed with SK=5h/ASC=30h/ACQ=05h]: Wrong medium type > :-( media is not formatted or unsupported. > :-( write failed: Wrong medium type > Well nevermind, growisofs was using 1.0x only :). But there seems to be an error for the medium type! > I recently discovered dvd+rw-mediainfo, here's that output in case it > is helpful: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/hdd > INQUIRY: [_NEC ][DVD_RW ND-3520A ][1.04] Here it says that your drive has firmware 1.04 installed. The latest firmware for 3520a (OEM) is 3.05 http://support.necsam.com/OEM/downloads/FlashFirmware/ Upgrading the firmware may solve the problem if it is due to media. > GET [CURRENT] CONFIGURATION: > Mounted Media: 11h, DVD-R Sequential > Media ID: ISSM R02 > Current Write Speed: 6.1x1385=8467KB/s > Write Speed #0: 6.1x1385=8467KB/s > Write Speed #1: 5.1x1385=7056KB/s > Write Speed #2: 4.1x1385=5645KB/s > Write Speed #3: 3.1x1385=4234KB/s > Write Speed #4: 2.0x1385=2822KB/s > Write Speed #5: 1.0x1385=1411KB/s > GET [CURRENT] PERFORMANCE: > Write Performance: 1.0x1385=1385KB/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -> 2297888] > :-( empty GET PERFORMACE descriptor > READ DVD STRUCTURE[#10h]: > Media Book Type: 25h, DVD-R book [revision 5] > Legacy lead-out at: 2298496*2KB=4707319808 > READ DVD STRUCTURE[#0h]: > Media Book Type: 25h, DVD-R book [revision 5] > Last border-out at: 2298496*2KB=4707319808 And the media you are trying to use is a DVD-R as shown by dvd+rw-mediainfo command. I hope that helps. /KS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]