DVDRW Drive Problem
Hello, wrote before with no response to MultiWriter Problems. So,
after considerable reading, this is how I see it: The Liteon drive is
reporting an incorrect volume or no available modes. Using wodim V
1.1.2, I have this with -scanbus switch:
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debian-etch:/home/kc9eye/downloads# wodim -scanbus
scsibus0:
0,0,0 0) 'ATA ' 'WDC WD800JD-75MS' '10.0' Disk
0,1,0 1) *
0,2,0 2) *
0,3,0 3) *
0,4,0 4) *
0,5,0 5) *
0,6,0 6) *
0,7,0 7) *
scsibus1:
1,0,0 100) 'LITE-ON ' 'DVDRW LH-20A1S ' '9L08' Removable CD-ROM
1,1,0 101) *
1,2,0 102) *
1,3,0 103) *
1,4,0 104) *
1,5,0 105) *
1,6,0 106) *
1,7,0 107) *
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Using the -devices switch gives me this:
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debian-etch:/home/kc9eye/downloads# wodim -devices
Beginning native device scan. This may take a while if devices are busy...
wodim: Warning: controller returns wrong size for CD capabilities page.
wodim: Overview of accessible drives (2 found) :
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0 dev='/dev/hda' rwrw-- : 'BCD 48SB' ' CD-ROM'
1 dev='/dev/sr0' rwrw-- : 'LITE-ON' 'DVDRW LH-20A1S'
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Why the warning controller returns wrong size? Also noted that in the
scanbus output the Hard disk is preceded by ATA, and the liteon drive
is not. So, I thought that something was wrong with the device
declaration and tried to direct it at execution with these:
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debian-etch:/home/kc9eye/downloads# wodim dev=/dev/sr0 -dao
KNOPPIX_V5.1.1CD-2007-01-04-EN.iso
Device type : Removable CD-ROM
Version : 5
Response Format: 2
Capabilities :
Vendor_info : 'LITE-ON '
Identification : 'DVDRW LH-20A1S '
Revision : '9L08'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW.
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R/CD-RW driver (mmc_cdr).
Driver flags : MMC-3 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE FORCESPEED
Supported modes:
wodim: Drive does not support SAO recording.
wodim: Illegal write mode for this drive.
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No supported modes?
So, again to direct wodim to the drive with this:
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debian-etch:/home/kc9eye/downloads# wodim dev=scsidev1,0,0 -tao devices.list
wodim: Invalid argument.
Cannot open SCSI driver!
For possible targets try 'wodim --devices' or 'wodim -scanbus'.
For possible transport specifiers try 'wodim dev=help'.
For IDE/ATAPI devices configuration, see the file README.ATAPI.setup from
the wodim documentation.
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Why can't open scsi driver, I have scsi_mod installed? At this point I
am about to scrape this drive and make it an ebay candidate, replacing
it with a PATA drive. I have seen some references on the web about
patches or the like, but have not seen one. Is this drive just not
compatiable? The mainboard is Mercury KVT600X-L, AMD Athlon XP 3000+,
KT600 Via Chip set, and Via 6421 Raid controller. Any suggestions on
how to make a workaround would be helpful. Yes, everything was done as
root. Thanks for your time.
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Paul Lane
KC9EYE
http://www.qsl.net/kc9eye/
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