[Pkg-opt-media-team] Bug#724964: growisofs: fails to burn DVD-RW media with error "SK=5h/ILLEGAL MODE FOR THIS TRACK"

[Thomas Schmitt]

Hi,

obviously the drive does not like this particular medium.

The SCSI error message SK=5h/ILLEGAL MODE FOR THIS TRACK
indicates that the drive does not perceive the medium
as blank.

What do you get with medium inserted and tray loaded from
this command:
  dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/sr0

Possibly the same medium might work better in a different
drive.


You may also try to format it, which would remove the need
for blanking it before re-use
  dvd+rw-format -force /devsr0

Wenn overwriting such a medium, it might be necessary to
use growisofs option
  -use-the-force-luke
so that growisofs is willing to overwrite a valid ISO 9660
filesystem.


Have a nice day :)

Thomas