[OT] DVDRecord & RedHat 7.3 (Valhalla)

[Thom Paine]

On Tue, 2004-08-17 at 11:14, Alexander Dalloz wrote:
> Am Di, den 17.08.2004 schrieb Thom Paine um 14:56:
> 
> > The server picks up the drive in dvdrecord -scanbus :
> > 
> > scsibus1:
> >         1,0,0   100) 'HL-DT-ST' 'DVDRAM GSA-4082B' 'A204' Removable
> > CD-ROM
> 
> > Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 2 in write mode for single session.
> > Last chance to quit, starting real write in 0 seconds. Operation starts.
> > dvdrecord: Input/output error. blank unit: scsi sendcmd: no error
> > CDB:  A1 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> > status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
> > Sense Bytes: 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 10 A1 00 00 0C 30 05 00 00
> > Sense Key: 0x5 Illegal Request, Segment 0
> > Sense Code: 0x30 Qual 0x05 (cannot write medium - incompatible format)
> > Fru 0x0
> > Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid)
> > cmd finished after 0.002s timeout 9600s
> > dvdrecord: Cannot blank disk, aborting.
> > [root at mail root]#
> > 
> > I don't understand any of the output.
> > 
> > Anyone else have this problem? Should I upgrade my dvdrecord file to a
> > newer version?
> 
> This is one of those "famous" errors the ide-scsi layer is known to
> produce, sometimes, not for all. It is tricky and depends on hardware
> used, especially the burning device. I don't see a brand name from the
> scanbus output. 

It's an LG drive. HL-DT-ST DVDRam drive.

> Check for a firmware update for the device. 

I have the same drive running in my FC2 box that I'm using right now.

> Check how
> DMA mode is set for the device and change it. 

How should DMA mode be set? Do I use hdparm to set that? This machine
still uses LILO as the loader for compatibility with the RAID card
software.

Thanks Alexander.

-=/>Thom