Steve Adeff wrote:
Robert,
with the media that previously failed to write:
# dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/dvd1
INQUIRY: [PLEXTOR ][DVDR PX-716A ][1.06]
GET [CURRENT] CONFIGURATION:
Mounted Media: 1Bh, DVD+R
Media ID: CMC MAG/E01
Current Write Speed: 8.0x1385=11080KB/s
Write Speed #0: 8.0x1385=11080KB/s
Write Speed #1: 6.0x1385=8310KB/s
Write Speed #2: 4.0x1385=5540KB/s
GET [CURRENT] PERFORMANCE:
Write Performance: 6.0x1385=8310KB/s@0 -> 8.0x1385=11080KB/s@2295103
Speed Descriptor#0: 02/2295104 R@12.0x1385=16620KB/s
W@8.0x1385=11080KB/s Speed Descriptor#1: 02/2295104
R@12.0x1385=16620KB/s W@6.0x1385=8310KB/s Speed Descriptor#2:
02/2295104 R@12.0x1385=16620KB/s W@4.0x1385=5540KB/s READ DVD
STRUCTURE[#0h]:
Media Book Type: A1h, DVD+R book [revision 1]
Legacy lead-out at: 2295104*2KB=4700372992
READ DISC INFORMATION:
Disc status: appendable
Number of Sessions: 1
State of Last Session: incomplete
"Next" Track: 1
Number of Tracks: 1
READ TRACK INFORMATION[#1]:
Track State: blank
Track Start Address: 0*2KB
Next Writable Address: 0*2KB
Free Blocks: 2295104*2KB
Track Size: 2295104*2KB
FABRICATED TOC:
Track#1 : 17@0
Track#AA : 17@4294770689
Multi-session Info: #1@0
READ CAPACITY: 1*2048=2048
is there a way to disable the drive from doing any media check and just
writing?
No, because the drive hardware needs to be tuned by the firmware to
produce correct results. But looking at the output, you also support 6x
writing in your drive. I would try writing this media at 6x, since it's
a supported speed. That's about the upper end of how fast you write a CD
at 48x, as a data point.
It may be that the firmware indicates it can operate at 8x, but can't,
at least with this media.