On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 06:26:23PM -0500, Ken Heard wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Since I have two DVD/CD rewritable drive units in two different boxes, > it occurred to me to swap the two and see what would happen. Here is > the result: > > k...@sol:~/downloads$ wodim -v speed=2 dev=/dev/hda > debian-507-i386-kde-CD-1.iso > Device type : Removable CD-ROM > Version : 0 > Response Format: 2 > Capabilities : > Vendor_info : 'HL-DT-ST' > Identification : 'DVD-RAM GSA-H55N' [..] > Track 01: 647 of 647 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 16.2x. > Track 01: Total bytes read/written: 679213056/679213056 (331647 sectors). > Writing time: 292.020s > Average write speed 15.1x. > Min drive buffer fill was 90% > Fixating... > Fixating time: 18.373s > wodim: fifo had 10699 puts and 10699 gets. > wodim: fifo was 0 times empty and 10417 times full, min fill was 97%. > k...@sol:~/downloads$ > > So, as can be seen, with the replacement drive unit everything was > working as it should. The question now is why one drive would work but > not the other.
Sorry to hear it was the drive that was faulty and not the medium. I did notice that setting the speed on the "Sony DVD RW DW-D26A" didn't seem to have any affect. -- "Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet." -- Napoleon Bonaparte -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101229100536.ge18...@fischer
