Re: Bad media?

[spamtree@comcast.net (A. P. Kennedy)]

Try dvd-cdrecord also, and see what you get after rebooting with
dvd+rw-mediainfo on one of the disks to tried to burn. 

Good luck
>>>>> "T" == Thomas Schreiner <dvd@tschreiner.org> writes:

 T> Hello! Is it possible that growisofs can't write on a certain type
 T> of media while Nero can? I don't have problems with Nero, but when
 T> using growisofs (via k3b) I'm always getting the message

 T> /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target1/lun0/cd: engaging DVD-R DAO upon user
 T> request... :-[ PERFORM OPC failed with SK=3h/ASC=73h/ACQ=03h]:
 T> Input/output error

 T> even with the very same DVD (simulation failed in k3b but succeded
 T> in Nero). I usually thought this error message indicates bad media
 T> or media that is not supported by the writer's firmware, but as
 T> Nero can do it, I don't know where to start looking for a
 T> solution...

 T> I'm using dvd+rw-tools 5.20.4.10.8 / k3b 0.11.12-r1, maybe someone
 T> of you can help me, and please reply off-list too as I'm not
 T> subscribed, thanks a whole lot!

 T> Thomas

 T> -- printk("CPU[%d]: Giving pardon to imprisoned penguins\n",
 T> smp_processor_id()); linux-2.4.8/arch/sparc64/kernel/smp.c