Re: CDROM burning problem - new approach
On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 06:26:23PM -0500, Ken Heard wrote:
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> Since I have two DVD/CD rewritable drive units in two different boxes,
> it occurred to me to swap the two and see what would happen. Here is
> the result:
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> ken@SOL:~/downloads$ wodim -v speed=2 dev=/dev/hda
> debian-507-i386-kde-CD-1.iso
> Device type : Removable CD-ROM
> Version : 0
> Response Format: 2
> Capabilities :
> Vendor_info : 'HL-DT-ST'
> Identification : 'DVD-RAM GSA-H55N'
[..]
> Track 01: 647 of 647 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 16.2x.
> Track 01: Total bytes read/written: 679213056/679213056 (331647 sectors).
> Writing time: 292.020s
> Average write speed 15.1x.
> Min drive buffer fill was 90%
> Fixating...
> Fixating time: 18.373s
> wodim: fifo had 10699 puts and 10699 gets.
> wodim: fifo was 0 times empty and 10417 times full, min fill was 97%.
> ken@SOL:~/downloads$
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> So, as can be seen, with the replacement drive unit everything was
> working as it should. The question now is why one drive would work but
> not the other.
Sorry to hear it was the drive that was faulty and not the medium.
I did notice that setting the speed on the "Sony DVD RW DW-D26A" didn't
seem to have any affect.
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