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

[Vincent Lefevre]

On 2013-09-30 09:03:01 +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> obviously the drive does not like this particular medium.

I forgot to say that there were no such problems a few months ago,
with the same DVD and the same machine (and drive). And this DVD
was burnt on this machine (running Debian/unstable).

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

I suspect that the blank command actually failed (but why?), but it
forgot to report an error. Its output was buggy as the "0.0" didn't
increase during the 10 minutes.

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

INQUIRY:                [TSSTcorp][DVD+-RW TS-U633A][D300]
GET [CURRENT] CONFIGURATION:
 Mounted Media:         14h, DVD-RW Sequential
 Media ID:              MCC 01RW4X  
 Current Write Speed:   4.0x1385=5540KB/s
 Write Speed #0:        4.0x1385=5540KB/s
 Write Speed #1:        3.0x1385=4155KB/s
 Write Speed #2:        3.0x1385=4155KB/s
 Write Speed #3:        3.0x1385=4155KB/s
 Write Speed #4:        3.0x1385=4155KB/s
 Write Speed #5:        3.0x1385=4155KB/s
 Write Speed #6:        3.0x1385=4155KB/s
 Write Speed #7:        3.0x1385=4155KB/s
 Write Speed #8:        3.0x1385=4155KB/s
GET [CURRENT] PERFORMANCE:
 Write Performance:     4.0x1385=5540KB/s@[0 -> 2298496]
 Speed Descriptor#0:    00/2297887 R at 8.0x1385=11080KB/s W at 4.0x1385=5540KB/s
 Speed Descriptor#1:    00/2297887 R at 8.0x1385=11080KB/s W at 3.0x1385=4155KB/s
READ DVD STRUCTURE[#10h]:
 Media Book Type:       00h, DVD-ROM book [revision 0]
 Legacy lead-out at:    2298496*2KB=4707319808
READ DVD STRUCTURE[#0h]:
 Media Book Type:       33h, DVD-RW book [revision 3]
 Last border-out at:    2045*2KB=4188160
READ DISC INFORMATION:
 Disc status:           appendable
 Number of Sessions:    2
 State of Last Session: empty
 "Next" Track:          2
 Number of Tracks:      2
READ FORMAT CAPACITIES:
 formatted:             779568*2048=1596555264
 00h(800):              2297888*2048=4706074624
 10h(10):               2297888*2048=4706074624
 15h(10):               2297888*2048=4706074624
READ TRACK INFORMATION[#1]:
 Track State:           complete incremental
 Track Start Address:   0*2KB
 Free Blocks:           0*2KB
 Track Size:            779568*2KB
 Last Recorded Address: 779567*2KB
READ TRACK INFORMATION[#2]:
 Track State:           invisible incremental
 Track Start Address:   817472*2KB
 Next Writable Address: 817472*2KB
 Free Blocks:           1480416*2KB
 Track Size:            1480416*2KB
FABRICATED TOC:
 Track#1  :             14 at 0
 Track#AA :             17 at 779568
 Multi-session Info:    #1 at 0
READ CAPACITY:          779568*2048=1596555264

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

That's much better: the 0.0 increased to 100.0:

* BD/DVD±RW/-RAM format utility by <appro at fy.chalmers.se>, version 7.1.
* 4.7GB DVD-RW media in Sequential mode detected.
* formatting 100.0/

and now I'm currently burning it, with no errors.

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