[Debburn-devel] dvd+rw-format, DVD-RW media, wodim errors, unusable disk.

[Leif W]

> Leif wrote:
> > * blanking .:-[ READ TRACK INFORMATION failed with
SK=3h/ASC=57h/ACQ=00h]:
> 
> According to the list of MMC errors:
>   3 57 00 UNABLE TO RECOVER TABLE-OF-CONTENTS
> 
> Looks like something is dead now. Let me hope
> it's only the media and not the drive.

Drive works fine with CD-R and DVD+R, DVD-R and DVD+RW, so I think it was the
media damaged.

> If it is a software error, then about the unlucky
> combination of a formatted but non-written DVD-RW
> and wodim which was not aware of that delicate
> state.
> If you ever want to retry that stunt, then i would
> propose you do not use cdrecord or wodim for writing
> to the formatted media.

I'm confused here.  Do growisofs and genisoimage both use wodim on backend to
write?  growisofs man page says it's a front-end for genisoimage, genisoimage
says it must use other software for recording and mentions wodim by name.  I
see no command line option or config file in the man page to select another
burn software?

> > I've already bought a TDK DVD+RW 4x/4.7GB 10-pack
> > and plan to give half to my brother to replace the
> > two DVD-RWs I broke.  ;-)
> 
> Just for curiosity: how did you use them before ?
> Write and blank by wodim ?

Before, I used growisofs only, and it worked to burn iso images from HDD (both
Knoppix/bootable and DVD video isos).  I did not use dvd+rw-format before, and
only encountered problems after I used it.

Should I bark on cdwrite [@] other.debian.org about the dvd+rw-format program
that breaks my DVD-RW?  I see a lot of the same names in archives of both
lists, but that list is in the dvd+rw-format man page and this list in the
growisofs/genisoimage/wodim man pages.  :p

> -------------
> 
> I wrote:
> > > > > Are there any sightings of systems with /dev/scd*
> > > > > but no /dev/sr* ?
> Leif wrote:
> >  So I guess my question is, which major/minors
> > do sr and scd use on other systems?
> 
> No. It's just about The Official names.
> /dev/srN and /dev/scdN are supposed to point to
> the same major,minor device number.

Thanks for the explanation.  :-)

Leif