Re: Samsung SH-S183A SATA on VIA VT6420 controller

[Andreas Klauer <Andreas.Klauer@metamorpher.de>]

On Wed, Apr 04, 2007 at 03:38:36PM +0200, scdbackup@gmx.net wrote:
> Such a mode page has to be sent for DVD-R* family media (and for CD).
> What media is loaded ?

Verbatim DVD-R 16x 4.7GB.

> Would growisofs work with DVD+RW or DVD+R ?

I just tried a noname blank DVD+RW (only other brand of media I own), 
and growisofs fails with this message:
Executing 'builtin_dd if=KNOPPIX_V5.1.1DVD-2007-01-04-DE.iso of=/dev/sr1 obs=32k seek=0'
/dev/sr1: pre-formatting blank DVD+RW...
:-[ FORMAT UNIT failed with SK=5h/ASC=24h/ACQ=00h]: Input/output error

> What do you get from this ?
>   cat /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info

CD-ROM information, Id: cdrom.c 3.20 2003/12/17

drive name:             sr1     sr0
drive speed:            94      32
drive # of slots:       1       1
Can close tray:         1       1
Can open tray:          1       1
Can lock tray:          1       1
Can change speed:       1       1
Can select disk:        0       0
Can read multisession:  1       1
Can read MCN:           1       1
Reports media changed:  1       1
Can play audio:         1       1
Can write CD-R:         1       0
Can write CD-RW:        1       0
Can read DVD:           1       1
Can write DVD-R:        1       0
Can write DVD-RAM:      1       0
Can read MRW:           1       1
Can write MRW:          1       1
Can write RAM:          1       1

> Have a nice day :)

Thank you for your suggestions. :-)

Any other ideas?

Regards
Andreas Klauer