On Sun, 2006-04-02 at 15:47 -0700, Usman S. Ansari wrote:
> gary wrote:
>
> >On Sat, 2006-04-01 at 23:38 -0800, Usman S. Ansari wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I have FC4 on my system and downloaded DVD image for FC5. Also bouth DVD
> >>writer. Writer is identified as
> >>
> >>MATSHITADVD-RAM SW-9585, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
> >>
> >>Tried to write to DVD using following command and got following errors
> >>
> >>growisofs -Z /dev/dvdwriter=/Big-Disk/images/FC-5-i386-DVD.iso
> >>:-[ READ DISC INFORMATION failed with SK=4h/ASC=08h/ACQ=03h]:
> >>Input/output error
> >>
> >>[root@usman Files]# growisofs -Z /dev/dvdwriter -R -J
> >>/Big-Disk/lots_of_files
> >>:-[ READ DISC INFORMATION failed with SK=4h/ASC=08h/ACQ=03h]:
> >>Input/output error
> >>
> >>I am running 2.6.15-1.1831_FC4 kernel
> >>
> >>
> > Is the MATSHITADVD-ROM SW-9585 - not MATSHITADVD-RAM SW-9585 ?
> > So far, it looks to me as though neither registers as a dvdwriter.
> >--gary
> >
> Are you saying that this is not a Writer, or is not reconigzed as a
> writer by Linux ? (see blow output of cdrecord).
>
> On other hand, if there is a DVD writter which work well with Linux, let
> me know and I can probably exchange for it.
>
> Note: The author of cdrecord should not be bothered with problems in
> this version.
> scsidev: 'ATA'
> devname: 'ATA'
> scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2
> Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27
> Using libscg version 'schily-0.8'.
> cdrecord: Warning: using inofficial libscg transport code version
> (schily - Red Hat-scsi-linux-sg.c-1.83-RH '@(#)scsi-linux-sg.c
> 1.83 04/05/20 Copyright 1997 J. Schilling').
> scsibus1:
> 1,0,0 100) 'SONY ' 'CD-RW CRX1611 ' 'TYS3' Removable CD-ROM
> 1,1,0 101) 'MATSHITA' 'DVD-RAM SW-9585 ' 'B100' Removable CD-ROM
> 1,2,0 102) *
> 1,3,0 103) *
> 1,4,0 104) *
> 1,5,0 105) *
> 1,6,0 106) *
> 1,7,0 107) *
>
When I look at the output I see that your Sony will write cds . When
I look at your Matshita I don't
see write capabilities BUT I've never seen "DVD-RAM" before. If I run
"cdrecord -scanbus" my HP will
be described as HP dvd-writer. As an end-user, who hasn't used the
command line to write cds since
Redhat 9 I'd suggest that you try k3b or xcdroast - also verify
whether or not the Matshita is indeed a writer.
So far, I'm a fan of HP DVDwriters. --gary
