Re: Unable to blank discs
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>I've a combo DVD/CD-RW on my laptop Amilo D7820, I succeed in using it writing on both CD-ROMs and CD-RWs.
>The output of 'cdrecord -scanbus' is:
>Cdrecord 2.01a16 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2003 Jörg Schilling
>Linux sg driver version: 3.1.24
>Using libscg version 'schily-0.7'
>scsibus0:
> 0,0,0 0) 'QSI ' 'CDRW/DVD SBW-241' 'VX09' Removable CD-ROM
>Trying to blank a disc with 'cdrecord blank=all dev=0,0,0' the output is:
>Cdrecord 2.01a16 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2003 Jörg Schilling
>scsidev: '0,0,0'
>scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 0
>Linux sg driver version: 3.1.24
>Using libscg version 'schily-0.7'
>Device type : Removable CD-ROM
>Version : 0
>Response Format: 2
>Capabilities :
>Vendor_info : 'QSI '
>Identifikation : 'CDRW/DVD SBW-241'
>Revision : 'VX09'
>Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-ROM.
>Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R/CD-RW driver (mmc_cdr).
>Driver flags : MMC-2 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE
>Supported modes: TAO PACKET SAO SAO/R96P SAO/R96R RAW/R16 RAW/R96P RAW/R96R
>Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 4 in real BLANK mode for single session.
>Last chance to quit, starting real write 0 seconds. Operation starts.
>cdrecord.mmap: Input/output error. blank unit: scsi sendcmd: no error
>CDB: A1 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
>status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
>Sense Bytes: 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 24 00 00 00
>Sense Key: 0x5 Illegal Request, Segment 0
>Sense Code: 0x24 Qual 0x00 (invalid field in cdb) Fru 0x0
>Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid)
>cmd finished after 0.000s timeout 9600s
>cdrecord.mmap: Cannot blank disk, aborting.
Your problem may be caused by:
- rotten firmware -> get new firmware
- a rotten Linux kernel
The Linux kernel is known to modify SCSI commands for ATAPI
drives in some cases.
----> get in contact with the Linux kernel team
----> verify by using a different OS (e.g. Solaris).
Jörg
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