Re: solaris cdrecord BH08LS20 drive BD-R problems

[Rob W <wrob0123@gmail.com>]

> > > > > > Could you try again with BD-RE media?
> > > > >
> > > > > Formatting error - please advise

> > > > > I am going to write the missing format code soon
> > > > > Would you be willing to test it with your unformatted blank?

> > > > could you please test the preliminary 2.01.01a79
> > > >
> > > Using my unformatted blank BD-RE disc, it works (but still slow)

> > > Nice to see that the format code works!
> > >
> >          Yes, Very Nice!

> You seem to have a general USB speed problem

I had been testing on my old Ultra 60 with only 768 MB memory
Here are the results of testing on my SunFire V800 server (much better speed)
using the previously formatted BD-RE disc

# cdrecord -v dev=3,0,0 speed=1 driveropts=burnfree image.iso
cdrecord: No write mode specified.
cdrecord: Assuming -sao mode.
cdrecord: If your drive does not accept -sao, try -tao.
cdrecord: Future versions of cdrecord may have different drive dependent defaults.
Cdrecord-ProDVD-ProBD-Clone 2.01.01a79 (sparc-sun-solaris2.10) 
TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM
scsidev: '3,0,0'
scsibus: 3 target: 0 lun: 0
Warning: Using USCSI interface.
Using libscg version 'schily-0.9'.
Driveropts: 'burnfree'
SCSI buffer size: 64512
atapi: 0
Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
Version        : 0
Response Format: 2
Capabilities   : 
Vendor_info    : 'HL-DT-ST'
Identifikation : 'BD-RE  BH08LS20 '
Revision       : '1.00'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW/DVD-RAM.
Current: BD-RE
Profile: BD-ROM 
Profile: BD-R sequential recording 
Profile: BD-R random recording 
Profile: BD-RE (current)
Profile: DVD-RAM 
Profile: DVD-R sequential recording 
Profile: DVD-R/DL sequential recording 
Profile: DVD-R/DL layer jump recording 
Profile: DVD-RW sequential recording 
Profile: DVD-RW restricted overwrite 
Profile: DVD+RW 
Profile: DVD+R 
Profile: DVD+R/DL 
Profile: DVD-ROM 
Profile: CD-R 
Profile: CD-RW 
Profile: CD-ROM 
Profile: Removable Disk (current)
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc-3 BD-RE driver (mmc_bdre).
Driver flags   : NO-CD BD MMC-3 BURNFREE 
Supported modes: PACKET SAO LAYER_JUMP
Drive buf size : 2097152 = 2048 KB
Drive pbuf size: 3932160 = 3840 KB
Drive DMA Speed: 10752 kB/s 61x CD 7x DVD 2x BD
FIFO size      : 4194304 = 4096 KB
Track 01: data  6614 MB        
Total size:     6614 MB = 3386473 sectors
Current Secsize: 2048
Trying to clear drive status.
WARNING: Drive returns zero media size, correcting.
Blocks total: 11826176 Blocks current: 11826176 Blocks remaining: 8439703
Reducing transfer size from 64512 to 32768 bytes.
Starting to write CD/DVD/BD at speed 2 in real SAO mode for single session.
Last chance to quit, starting real write    0 seconds. Operation starts.
Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ... input buffer ready.
Starting new track at sector: 0
Track 02: 6614 of 6614 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf  50%]   0.8x.
Track 02: Total bytes read/written: 6935496704/6935496704 (3386473 sectors).
Writing  time: 1433.357s
Average write speed   1.1x.
Min drive buffer fill was 50%
Fixating...
Fixating time:    4.035s
cdrecord: fifo had 211655 puts and 211655 gets.
cdrecord: fifo was 0 times empty and 34766 times full, min fill was 92%.