--- On Mon, 6/30/08, Globe Trotter <itsme_410@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Globe Trotter <itsme_410@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: can burn cds but not dvds on F8 > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Date: Monday, June 30, 2008, 4:32 PM > Hi, > > I am using cdrecord on F8, wodim:1.1.6-6.fc8 > > I have been having a strange problem using my cd/dvdwriter. > So, I use the following: > > cdrecord -v -eject speed=24 dev=/dev/scd1 > Fedora-9-i686-Live.iso > > which works just fine when writing to a CD-R. > > However, the same command using > > cdrecord -v -eject speed=24 dev=/dev/scd1 > Fedora-9-i386-DVD-iso > > does not. Instead, it produces the following: > > > > wodim: No write mode specified. > wodim: Asuming -tao mode. > wodim: Future versions of wodim may have different drive > dependent defaults. > TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM > scsidev: '/dev/scd1' > devname: '/dev/scd1' > scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2 > Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27 > Wodim version: 1.1.6 > SCSI buffer size: 64512 > Device type : Removable CD-ROM > Version : 0 > Response Format: 2 > Capabilities : > Vendor_info : 'SONY ' > Identification : 'DVD RW DRU-510A ' > Revision : '1.0b' > Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW. > Current: 0x001B (DVD+R) > Profile: 0x001B (DVD+R) (current) > Profile: 0x001A (DVD+RW) > Profile: 0x0014 (DVD-RW sequential recording) > Profile: 0x0013 (DVD-RW restricted overwrite) > Profile: 0x0011 (DVD-R sequential recording) > Profile: 0x0010 (DVD-ROM) > Profile: 0x000A (CD-RW) > Profile: 0x0009 (CD-R) > Profile: 0x0008 (CD-ROM) > Using generic SCSI-3/mmc DVD-R(W) driver (mmc_mdvd). > Driver flags : SWABAUDIO BURNFREE > Supported modes: PACKET SAO > Drive buf size : 4718592 = 4608 KB > Beginning DMA speed test. Set CDR_NODMATEST environment > variable if device > communication breaks or freezes immediately after that. > Drive DMA Speed: 12430 kB/s 70x CD 8x DVD > FIFO size : 4194304 = 4096 KB > Track 01: data 3414 MB > Total size: 3921 MB (388:31.72) = 1748379 sectors > Lout start: 3922 MB (388:33/54) = 1748379 sectors > Current Secsize: 2048 > HINT: use dvd+rw-mediainfo from dvd+rw-tools for > information extraction. > Blocks total: 2295104 Blocks current: 2295104 Blocks > remaining: 546725 > Speed set to 5540 KB/s > Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 4.0 in real unknown > mode for single session. > Last chance to quit, starting real write in 0 seconds. > Operation starts. > Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ... input > buffer ready. > Errno: 5 (Input/output error), reserve track scsi sendcmd: > retryable error > CDB: 53 00 00 00 00 00 1A AD 9B 00 > status: 0x0 (GOOD STATUS) > cmd finished after 41.461s timeout 40s > wodim: Cannot open new session. > Writing time: 42.273s > wodim: fifo had 64 puts and 0 gets. > wodim: fifo was 0 times empty and 0 times full, min fill > was 100%. > > > > I have tried every possible blank DVD (including some > bought new just today) and come with the same thing over > and over again. > > Any suggestions please? By the way, here is the output for > > cdrecord --scanbus > scsibus1: > 1,0,0 100) 'SAMSUNG ' 'CD-ROM SC-148A > ' 'B403' 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) * > scsibus3: > 3,0,0 300) 'SONY ' 'DVD RW > DRU-510A ' '1.0b' Removable CD-ROM > 3,1,0 301) * > 3,2,0 302) * > 3,3,0 303) * > 3,4,0 304) * > 3,5,0 305) * > 3,6,0 306) * > 3,7,0 307) * > > > > > Many thanks and best wishes, > Trotter > > > > > -- If you want to burn DVD's with cdrecord, you need to download and compile the real cdrecord. http://cdrecord.berlios.de/private/cdrecord.html Get the latest one from here: ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/alpha/ Otherwise, to burn dvd's in Fedora without the real cdrecord, you may use growisofs which can also do the job /***** straight from man page *****/ To use growisofs to write a pre-mastered ISO-image to a DVD: growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/dvd=image.iso /***** end from man page *****/ $ growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/dvd=Fedora-9-i686-Live.iso should do the job that you want. :) Regards, Antonio -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list