Re: DVD/CD Woes
On Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 12:09:19AM -0400, John Baab wrote:
> I seem to be having some problems with my optical drives, I cannot remember
> when the last time is that I used them successfully though. My current setup
> includes 2 optical drives:
> Lite-On LDW-811S (primary)(dvdrw)
> Lite-On LTR-52327S (secondary)(cdrw)
>
> Motherboard: asus K8V se deluxe
>
> If I go into the disk manager I see both my optical drives, but the DVD
> burner does not have a check next to 'Write DVD'. Everything else looks fine
> in there. The problem with the secondary drive is that it does not
> automount. I can burn cd's on both burners, but not dvd's on the dvd burner.
> The cd burner when ejected immediatly sucks the tray back in, which is very
> odd. I can burn from both burners in windows just fine, so it doesn't look
> like a hardware problem.
>
> k3b output:
> System
> -----------------------
> K3b Version: 0.12.5
>
> KDE Version: 3.4.2
> QT Version: 3.3.5
> Kernel: 2.6.11-9-amd64-k8
> Devices
> -----------------------
> LITE-ON DVDRW LDW-811S HS0R (/dev/hdc, ) at /media/cdrom0 [CD-R; CD-RW;
> CD-ROM; DVD-ROM; DVD-RW; DVD+R; DVD+RW] [DVD-ROM; DVD-R Sequential; DVD-RW
> Restricted Overwrite; DVD-RW Sequential; DVD+RW; DVD+R; CD-ROM; CD-R; CD-RW]
> [SAO; TAO; RAW; SAO/R96P; SAO/R96R; RAW/R16; RAW/R96P; RAW/R96R; Restricted
> Overwrite]
>
> LITE-ON LTR-52327S QS0E (/dev/hdd, ) at /media/cdrom1 [CD-R; CD-RW; CD-ROM]
> [CD-ROM; CD-R; CD-RW] [SAO; TAO; RAW; SAO/R96P; SAO/R96R; RAW/R16; RAW/R96P;
> RAW/R96R]
> K3b
> -----------------------
> Size of filesystem calculated: 89492
>
> Used versions
> -----------------------
> mkisofs: 2.1.1a03-unofficial-iconv
> growisofs: 5.21
>
> growisofs
> -----------------------
> Executing 'builtin_dd if=/dev/fd/0 of=/dev/hdc obs=32k seek=0'
> /dev/hdc: "Current Write Speed" is 2.0x1385KBps.
> :-[ WRITE@LBA=0h failed with SK=5h/ASC=64h/ACQ=00h]: Input/output error
> :-( attempt to re-run with -dvd-compat -dvd-compat to engage DAO or apply
> full blanking procedure
> :-( write failed: Input/output error
Did you try burning a dvd from the commandline and using the suggested
options? '-dvd-compat -dvd-compat' or to use dvd+rw-format -blank=full?
Have you checked if there is a firmware update for the drive? It is
likely a bug in the interface.
You may wish to ask the cdwrite mailing list (lists.debian.org) since
that is where the authors of growisofs hang out and they tend to be very
good at figuring these things out. They also have tools they can send
you to inquire the drive about it's abilities which can help find out if
the drive has bugs that need fixing or a work around.
Len Sorensen
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