On Tue, 2004-08-17 at 11:14, Alexander Dalloz wrote: > Am Di, den 17.08.2004 schrieb Thom Paine um 14:56: > > > The server picks up the drive in dvdrecord -scanbus : > > > > scsibus1: > > 1,0,0 100) 'HL-DT-ST' 'DVDRAM GSA-4082B' 'A204' Removable > > CD-ROM > > > Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 2 in write mode for single session. > > Last chance to quit, starting real write in 0 seconds. Operation starts. > > dvdrecord: Input/output error. blank unit: scsi sendcmd: no error > > CDB: A1 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 > > status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION) > > Sense Bytes: 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 10 A1 00 00 0C 30 05 00 00 > > Sense Key: 0x5 Illegal Request, Segment 0 > > Sense Code: 0x30 Qual 0x05 (cannot write medium - incompatible format) > > Fru 0x0 > > Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid) > > cmd finished after 0.002s timeout 9600s > > dvdrecord: Cannot blank disk, aborting. > > [root@mail root]# > > > > I don't understand any of the output. > > > > Anyone else have this problem? Should I upgrade my dvdrecord file to a > > newer version? > > This is one of those "famous" errors the ide-scsi layer is known to > produce, sometimes, not for all. It is tricky and depends on hardware > used, especially the burning device. I don't see a brand name from the > scanbus output. It's an LG drive. HL-DT-ST DVDRam drive. > Check for a firmware update for the device. I have the same drive running in my FC2 box that I'm using right now. > Check how > DMA mode is set for the device and change it. How should DMA mode be set? Do I use hdparm to set that? This machine still uses LILO as the loader for compatibility with the RAID card software. Thanks Alexander. -=/>Thom
