--- Michael Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- Hans-Werner Hilse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 06:48:06 -0700 (PDT) > > Michael Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > For what it's worth the only command listed > above > > that > > > shows my external drive is this: > > > > > > baby ~ # cdrecord -scanbus > > > [...] > > > scsibus2: > > > 2,0,0 200) 'TOSHIBA ' 'CD/DVDW > SD-R5372' > > 'TU53' Removable CD-ROM > > > > Then you should be able to burn CDs using > "cdrecord > > dev=2,0,0". > > > > > > -hwh > > -- > > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > > > > > > I tried writing the last backup CD image I made to a > CD using the command: > > cdrecord dev=2,0,0 > aby-backup-07-31-05--08-06-05-01.iso > > I had a blank CD-R disc in the drive when I usued > the > command. It failed. I tried three different blank > CD-Rs. Each time it failed with a different error > code. Could it be tripping over the fact that I'm > trying to write to a CD-R in a DVD-RW drive? The > box > the drive came in said that it could do DVD+R, > DVD-R, > DVD-DL, DVD+RW, DVD-RW, DVD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW and > CD-ROM. Could it be the driver that cdrecord is > trying to use? > > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
I thought I would try a simulated write so that I wouldn't have to risk wasting any other CD-R blanks. Here is my output: baby ~ # cdrecord dev=2,0,0 --dummy baby-backup-07-31-05--08-06-05-01.iso cdrecord: No write mode specified. cdrecord: Asuming -tao mode. cdrecord: Future versions of cdrecord may have different drive dependent defaults. cdrecord: Continuing in 5 seconds... Cdrecord-Clone 2.01 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 J\uffffrg Schilling cdrecord: Warning: Running on Linux-2.6.12-gentoo-r6 cdrecord: There are unsettled issues with Linux-2.5 and newer. cdrecord: If you have unexpected problems, please try Linux-2.4 or Solaris. scsidev: '2,0,0' scsibus: 2 target: 0 lun: 0 Linux sg driver version: 3.5.33 Using libscg version 'schily-0.8'. Device type : Removable CD-ROM Version : 0 Response Format: 2 Capabilities : Vendor_info : 'TOSHIBA ' Identifikation : 'CD/DVDW SD-R5372' Revision : 'TU53' Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW. cdrecord: This version of cdrecord does not include DVD-R/DVD-RW support code. cdrecord: If you need DVD-R/DVD-RW support, ask the Author for cdrecord-ProDVD. cdrecord: Free test versions and free keys for personal use are at ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/ProDVD/ Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R/CD-RW driver (mmc_cdr). Driver flags : MMC-3 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE Supported modes: TAO PACKET SAO SAO/R96P SAO/R96R RAW/R96R Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 48 in dummy TAO mode for single session. Last chance to quit, starting dummy write 0 seconds. Operation starts. cdrecord: Input/output error. write_g1: scsi sendcmd: no error CDB: 2A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1F 00 status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION) Sense Bytes: 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 30 05 00 00 Sense Key: 0x5 Illegal Request, Segment 0 Sense Code: 0x30 Qual 0x05 (cannot write medium - incompatible format) Fru 0x0 Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid) resid: 63488 cmd finished after 0.106s timeout 40s write track data: error after 0 bytes cdrecord: A write error occured. cdrecord: Please properly read the error message above. In the output above I noticed the lines: Vendor_info : 'TOSHIBA ' Identifikation : 'CD/DVDW SD-R5372' Revision : 'TU53' Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW I happen to know that this is a Pacific Digital DVD-RW/CD-RW drive.... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
