> On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 03:35:22PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Well there is a cdwrite mailing list hosted on lists.debian.org which is > a great place to figure out what weird errors are and such, and the > authors of the programs used for writing discs are on thoses lists too, > so you may want to ask for advice there. > Thanks, I'll get myself onto that list...
> Did you try writing using ide-scsi mode with growisofs ? Any > difference? Does dvd+rw-media return anything with a disc in the drive? > With this array of modules: sg 34112 0 sr_mod 17700 0 ide_scsi 15556 0 scsi_mod 126952 3 sg,sr_mod,ide_scsi ide_cd 40004 0 Where ide_cd was told to ignore hdc (inspired from the dvd+rw-tools web), I got this: tippex root # dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/sr0 INQUIRY: [AOPEN ][DUW1608/ARR ][A060] GET [CURRENT] CONFIGURATION: Mounted Media: 14h, DVD-RW Sequential Media ID: CMCW02 Current Write Speed: 2.0x1385=2770KB/s Write Speed #0: 2.0x1385=2770KB/s GET [CURRENT] PERFORMANCE: Write Performance: 2.0x1385=2770KB/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -> 2298496] Speed Descriptor#0: 02/2298496 [EMAIL PROTECTED]/s [EMAIL PROTECTED]/s READ DVD STRUCTURE[#10h]: Media Book Type: 32h, DVD-RW book [revision 2] Legacy lead-out at: 2298496*2KB=4707319808 READ DVD STRUCTURE[#0h]: Media Book Type: 32h, DVD-RW book [revision 2] Last border-out at: 2285854*2KB=4681428992 READ DISC INFORMATION: Disc status: complete Number of Sessions: 1 State of Last Session: complete Number of Tracks: 1 READ TRACK INFORMATION[#1]: Track State: complete Track Start Address: 0*2KB Free Blocks: 0*2KB Track Size: 4294770688*2KB Last Recorded Address: 2285853*2KB FABRICATED TOC: Track#1 : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Track#AA : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Multi-session Info: [EMAIL PROTECTED] READ CAPACITY: 2298496*2048=4707319808 Not sure what it says, but I see one sesssion there. I guess that's from my previos burn attempt. I seemed to be successful with: tippex root # dvd+rw-format -blank /dev/sr0 * DVD±RW/-RAM format utility by <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, version 4.10. * 4.7GB DVD-RW media in Sequential mode detected. * blanking | No errors reported! Now I get: tippex root # dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/sr0 INQUIRY: [AOPEN ][DUW1608/ARR ][A060] GET [CURRENT] CONFIGURATION: Mounted Media: 14h, DVD-RW Sequential Media ID: CMCW02 Current Write Speed: 2.0x1385=2770KB/s Write Speed #0: 2.0x1385=2770KB/s GET [CURRENT] PERFORMANCE: Write Performance: 2.0x1385=2770KB/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -> 2297888] Speed Descriptor#0: 02/2297888 [EMAIL PROTECTED]/s [EMAIL PROTECTED]/s READ DVD STRUCTURE[#10h]: Media Book Type: 32h, DVD-RW book [revision 2] Legacy lead-out at: 2298496*2KB=4707319808 READ DVD STRUCTURE[#0h]: Media Book Type: 32h, DVD-RW book [revision 2] Last border-out at: 2298496*2KB=4707319808 READ DISC INFORMATION: Disc status: blank Number of Sessions: 1 State of Last Session: empty Number of Tracks: 1 READ TRACK INFORMATION[#1]: Track State: invisible incremental Track Start Address: 0*2KB Next Writable Address: 0*2KB Free Blocks: 2297888*2KB Track Size: 2297888*2KB READ CAPACITY: 1*2048=2048 ... which seems consistent with expectations. Now another try with the burner: tippex root # growisofs -Z /dev/sr0 -R -J /tmp/quilt-0.32/ Executing 'mkisofs -R -J /tmp/quilt-0.32/ | builtin_dd of=/dev/sr0 obs=32k seek=0' Using SNAPS000.TES;1 for /tmp/quilt-0.32/test/snapshot.test (snapshot2.test) /dev/sr0: FEATURE 21h is not on, engaging DAO... /dev/sr0: reserving 432 block, warning for short DAO recording /dev/sr0: "Current Write Speed" is 2.0x1385KBps. :-( unable to [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Input/output error :-( attempt to re-run with -dvd-compat -dvd-compat to engage DAO or apply full blanking procedure :-( write failed: Input/output error and the kernel log has: Apr 14 18:12:54 tippex hdc: DMA timeout retry Apr 14 18:12:54 tippex hdc: timeout waiting for DMA Apr 14 18:12:54 tippex hdc: ATAPI reset complete Apr 14 18:13:14 tippex scsi: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery: host 0 channel 0 id 8 lun 0 Apr 14 18:13:14 tippex SCSI error : <0 0 8 0> return code = 0x6000000 Apr 14 18:13:14 tippex scsi0 (8:0): rejecting I/O to offline device > > I noticed a firmware upgrade on the web page (.exe) will try to > > get a dos disk running... Sigh... > It might require windows. Certainly their firmware updates mostly > seem to cover 'improved media coverage'. Yep. I get the feeling my media and the drive as-is don't like each other. What are the chances that the device is faulty but i can still blank the media (btw where can I read up on blanking vs. formating?) > I have only been buying the plextor drives personally, since I have > never had a problem with a plextor drive yet, and I like not needing > windows to update the firmware and I find I save time by spending a bit > more on getting the best hardware I can reasonably afford. > Starting to seem like a wise choice... > Len Sorensen > /Anders - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
