Re: growisofs will not write at 8x with NEC 3540A
Sorry, I removed the alarm feature by getting the newest binary, I use gentoo and an old alpha binary was in portage. I don't get the alarm, but it still says writing at 6 speed:
monster ~ # cdrecord-wrapper dev=/dev/dvd -v -sao fs=32m speed=8 -force test.iso
Cdrecord-ProDVD-Clone 2.01-pre (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jörg Schilling
Unlocked features: ProDVD Clone
Limited features:
This copy of cdrecord is licensed for: private/research/educational_non-commercial_use
cdrecord-ProDVD: Warning: Running on Linux-2.6.14-gentoo-r5
cdrecord-ProDVD: There are unsettled issues with Linux-2.5 and newer.
cdrecord-ProDVD: If you have unexpected problems, please try Linux-2.4 or Solaris.
TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM
scsidev: '/dev/dvd'
devname: '/dev/dvd'
scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2
Warning: Open by 'devname' is unintentional and not supported.
Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27
Using libscg version 'schily-0.8'.
SCSI buffer size: 64512
atapi: 1
Device type : Removable CD-ROM
Version : 0
Response Format: 2
Capabilities :
Vendor_info : '_NEC '
Identifikation : 'DVD_RW ND-3540A '
Revision : '1.01'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW.
Current: DVD-R sequential recording
Profile: Unknown
Profile: DVD+R
Profile: DVD+RW
Profile: Unknown
Profile: DVD-RW sequential overwrite
Profile: DVD-RW restricted overwrite
Profile: DVD-R sequential recording (current)
Profile: DVD-ROM
Profile: CD-RW
Profile: CD-R
Profile: CD-ROM
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc-2 DVD-R/DVD-RW driver (mmc_dvd).
Driver flags : DVD MMC-3 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE
Supported modes: PACKET SAO
Drive buf size : 1769472 = 1728 KB
FIFO size : 33554432 = 32768 KB
Track 01: data 4203 MB
Total size: 4203 MB = 2151949 sectors
Current Secsize: 2048
Blocks total: 2298496 Blocks current: 2298496 Blocks remaining: 146547
Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 6 in real force SAO mode for single session.
Last chance to quit, starting real write 4 seconds.
cdrecord-ProDVD: fifo had 511 puts and 0 gets.
cdrecord-ProDVD: fifo was 0 times empty and 1 times full, min fill was 0%.
> "George P Nychis" <gnychis@cmu.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hey all,
>>
>> I have an NEC 3540A along with Ritek Ridata 8x DVD-R's. If i burn a
>> DVD iso in windows with nero I get true 8x speed. When I burn in linux
>> with growisofs, my speeds vary from 1.5x-4x which is horrible. Is
>> there no 8x support yet?
>
> Try
>
> cdrecord dev=... -v -sao speed=8 -force image.iso
>
> Once I put in a workaround for a NEC firmware problem, you will be able to
> avoid the -force.
>
>
> ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/ProDVD/
>
> Jörg
>
> -- EMail:joerg@schily.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de (home) Jörg Schilling D-13353
> Berlin js@cs.tu-berlin.de (uni) schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de (work) Blog:
> http://schily.blogspot.com/ URL: http://cdrecord.berlios.de/old/private/
> ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily
>
>
--
George Nychis
INI MSIN Masters Student,
Carnegie Mellon University
http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/gnychis/
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