Re: HP dvd300e horror story
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> > As soon as a put a DVD+RW disc inside the drive and ran
> > dvd+rw-format /dev/scd0 I got further, but the disc failed formatting
> > after only 2 minutes. (Can't remember the exact error)
>
> Format procedure is expected to be short. The fact that it tool "only 2
> minutes" doesn't mean it was unsuccessful.
>
I want to clarify this situation a little further. Without upgrading the
firmware to 3.00 on this drive, I was completely unable to successfully
format a dvd+rw disc. The process detected the media, began, but failed
giving an error I don't recall now.
The moral of this, is to upgrade the firmware immediately otherwise
formatting won't even work.
> In other words it's plain wrong to
> hard-code dvd+rw-booktype into a general purpose script.
I agree, I was just desperate to get a burn to work.
>
> but
>
> > ... set the book-type to dvd+r spec with
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> ??? Most commonly you want to set it to DVD-ROM, which is actually
> default factory setting...
>
It wasn't clear that I could just growisofs to write data to a DVD+R.
I'll try this when I get another burner.
>
> Well, one can only advise to abstain from using dvd+rw-booktype with
> external units till further notice.
I will. Maybe there should be more warning to others now?
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Joshua Norige <jnorige@u.washington.edu>
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