"Thomas Schmitt" <scdbac...@gmx.net> writes:
> wodim -v dev=/dev/sr0 -toc
>
> If i run this on an empty drive, i get
>
> ... Current: 0x0000 (Reserved/Unknown) ... Sense
> Code: 0x3A Qual 0x01 (medium not present - tray
> closed) Fru 0x0 ... wodim: No disk / Wrong disk!
I get the same, only:
Sense Code: 0x3A Qual 0x00 (medium not present) Fru 0x0
>> I'm used to things in the computer world either
>> working or not. But perhaps the burner is one thing
>> where the result can be spotty as well as perfect
>> or not at all.
>
> The process of imprinting information relies in part
> on chemistry. This opens the door for thermodynamics
> and its weirdnesses. (How does a Crooke Radiometer
> work ? What's really behind the Mpemba effect ?
> Public explanations are ridiculous despite the
> experimental situation being quite clear.)
>
> Nevertheless, if the CD laser diode is dead and the
> the DVD diode still works, then this is a case of
> works-not-at-all-with-CD.
Wow! Good answer :)
I went to the tech store today and an extern USB DVD
burner is 399 SEK ~($46, £33, or €43) - so even the
common man can get one, I suppose.
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