Re: Liteon 1693S stopped working with growisofs after upgrading firmware

[Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>]

Johann Schwarz wrote:

> Hi!
>
> Sorry about my broken English!
>
> I have the same problem since few weeks!
>
> Today I think i have found the solution!?
>
> I am a slackwareuser - i have tried slackware 10.2 (kernel 2.4 and 
> 2.6), ubuntu 5.10 and fedora core 4.....then i have tried dvdrecord 
> and nero for linux...i have tried 5 or 6 different medium...every time 
> the same error as you! (RW ok but R- and R+ nok)
>
> But today i search for a new version of growisofs (dvd+rw-tools).
> I don't found a new version but i found different versions for 486 and 
> 686
> (slackwarepackage: dvd+rw-tools-5.21.4.10.8.tgz and 
> dvd+rw-tools-5.21.4.10.8-i686-1jlp.tgz)
> I deinstall the 486 version and install the 686 version and i was 
> really surprise: growisofs burn the medium (platinum 8x)
> mabey important: i have upgrade my firmware to KS0B!
> I have an Athlon XP 3000
>
> Tomorrow i will trie to compile a source growisofs and i will borrow 
> from friends other mediums to test carefully.

I think the firmware upgrade is the most likely reason this is working. 
I don't see why a 486 version would give problems on a 686 system, 
although the other way would probably not work.

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bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
 CTO TMR Associates, Inc
 Doing interesting things with small computers since 1979