Re: Self-written DVD+Rs that cannot be read...
Hugo van der Merwe <hugo@dsp.sun.ac.za> wrote:
> > I would highly suggest trying to read the DVD's under another OS. There is
> > a Linux kernel bug regarding reading CD/DVD media related to the
> > read-ahead cache.
>
> Thanks, not the case though. I know people had problems in WindowsXP
> with the DVDs I wrote, as well as checking the files myself - I run into
> bad files as soon as 1/3 into the DVD. (Assuming files were added in
> sorted order.) dd can fail quite soon as well.
If you want to make sure you are hit by this bug, use "readcd" to read the
CD/DVD. It there is no error (in case the CD is writen SAO) or if the errors
only appear on the last two sectors for TAO CDs, it is a kernel bug.
Jörg
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