[Debburn-devel] PLEXTOR DVDR PX-708A not properly recognised

[Nenad ANTONIC]

On 11/25/06, Eduard Bloch <edi at gmx.de> wrote:
> #include <hallo.h>
>
> Thank you. It looks like your drive is mistakenly detected as a CDROM
> drive in some cases. Could you test the same thing with root
> permissions? Just burning an image to DVD with "-dummy -dao" in a root
> console and copy the results.

# wodim -v -dummy -dao FC-6-i386-DVD.iso
TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM
scsidev: '/dev/cdrw'
devname: '/dev/cdrw'
scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2
Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27
Driveropts: 'burnfree'
SCSI buffer size: 64512
atapi: 1
Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
Version        : 0
Response Format: 1
Vendor_info    : 'PLEXTOR '
Identification : 'DVDR   PX-708A  '
Revision       : '1.06'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW.
Current: 0x001B
Profile: 0x001B (current)
Profile: 0x001A
Profile: 0x0014
Profile: 0x0013
Profile: 0x0011
Profile: 0x0010
Profile: 0x000A
Profile: 0x0009
Profile: 0x0008
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc   CD-R/CD-RW driver (mmc_cdr).
Driver flags   : MMC-3 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE FORCESPEED
Supported modes: TAO PACKET SAO SAO/R96P SAO/R96R RAW/R16 RAW/R96P RAW/R96R
Drive buf size : 983040 = 960 KB
Beginning DMA speed test. Set CDR_NODMATEST environment variable if device
communication breaks or freezes immediately after that.
Drive DMA Speed: 27927 kB/s 158x CD 20x DVD
FIFO size      : 4194304 = 4096 KB
Track 01: data  3361 MB
Total size:     3860 MB (382:30.49) = 1721287 sectors
Lout start:     3861 MB (382:32/37) = 1721287 sectors
Current Secsize: 2048
  ATIP start of lead in:  -150 (00:00/00)
  ATIP start of lead out: 157789 (35:05/64)
Disk type:    unknown dye (reserved id code)
Manuf. index: -1
Manufacturer: unknown (not in table)
Blocks total: 157789 Blocks current: 157789 Blocks remaining: -1563498
wodim: WARNING: Data may not fit on current disk.
wodim: Notice: Most recorders cannot write CD's >= 90 minutes.
wodim: Notice: Use -ignsize option to allow >= 90 minutes.
wodim: Notice: Use -overburn option to write more than the official
disk capacity.
wodim: Notice: Most CD-writers do overburning only on SAO or RAW mode.

> Does growisofs work for you? growisofs -Z /dev/dvd=imagefile or so.

Apparently it does work. Thank you for the hint.
(I have installed the latest debian-testing dvd+rw-tools for this.)

lebesgue:/tmp# growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/dvdrw=FC-6-i386-DVD.iso
Executing 'builtin_dd if=FC-6-i386-DVD.iso of=/dev/dvdrw obs=32k seek=0'
/dev/dvdrw: "Current Write Speed" is 8.2x1352KBps.
          0/3525195776 ( 0.0%) @0x, remaining ??:?? RBU 100.0% UBU   0.0%
          0/3525195776 ( 0.0%) @0x, remaining ??:?? RBU 100.0% UBU   0.0%
          0/3525195776 ( 0.0%) @0x, remaining ??:?? RBU 100.0% UBU   0.0%
    8945664/3525195776 ( 0.3%) @1.9x, remaining 104:49 RBU 100.0% UBU  83.9%
   36831232/3525195776 ( 1.0%) @6.0x, remaining 31:34 RBU 100.0% UBU  83.9%
   64684032/3525195776 ( 1.8%) @6.0x, remaining 20:30 RBU 100.0% UBU  83.9%
   92536832/3525195776 ( 2.6%) @6.0x, remaining 16:04 RBU 100.0% UBU  83.9%
  120422400/3525195776 ( 3.4%) @6.0x, remaining 14:08 RBU 100.0% UBU  83.9%
  148275200/3525195776 ( 4.2%) @6.0x, remaining 12:31 RBU 100.0% UBU  83.9%
  176128000/3525195776 ( 5.0%) @6.0x, remaining 11:24 RBU 100.0% UBU  83.9%

[ ... ]

3282698240/3525195776 (93.1%) @8.0x, remaining 0:24 RBU 100.0% UBU  83.9%
 3319857152/3525195776 (94.2%) @8.0x, remaining 0:21 RBU 100.0% UBU  83.9%
 3357016064/3525195776 (95.2%) @8.0x, remaining 0:17 RBU 100.0% UBU  83.9%
 3394174976/3525195776 (96.3%) @8.0x, remaining 0:13 RBU  99.6% UBU  83.9%
 3431301120/3525195776 (97.3%) @8.0x, remaining 0:09 RBU 100.0% UBU  83.9%
 3468460032/3525195776 (98.4%) @8.0x, remaining 0:05 RBU 100.0% UBU  83.9%
 3505618944/3525195776 (99.4%) @8.0x, remaining 0:01 RBU 100.0% UBU  83.9%
builtin_dd: 1721296*2KB out @ average 7.1x1352KBps
/dev/dvdrw: flushing cache
/dev/dvdrw: closing track
/dev/dvdrw: closing disc

I was able to mount the resulting DVD.

Of course, I would prefer to use wodim, if possible :-)

Thanks!

- Nenad