[FC2] CD writer problem

[Paul Howarth]

On Thu, 2004-12-09 at 16:15 -0800, Gordon Charrick wrote:
> I recently did a clean install of FC2 after having used FC1 on this 
> computer. Using the CD writer worked with no problem on FC1 using ide-scsi.
> 
> Now, I want to burn the FC3 CDs but I just found I can't and haven't 
> been able to find a solution after googling and trying various 
> combinations of the cdrecord command. This system is up to date with yum 
> updates.
> 
> This is what I get when I do a scanbus
> 
> [root at gmc heidelberg-binary-i386]# cdrecord --scanbus --dev=ATA
> Cdrecord-Clone 2.01-dvd (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004
> scsidev: 'ATA'
> devname: 'ATA'
> scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2
> Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27
> Using libscg version 'schily-0.8'.
> cdrecord: Warning: using inofficial libscg transport code version 
> (schily - Red Hat-scsi-linux-sg.c-1.83-RH '@(#)scsi-linux-sg.c 
> 1.83 04/05/20 Copyright 1997 J. Schilling').
> scsibus1:
> cdrecord: Warning: controller returns wrong size for CD capabilities page.
> 1,0,0   100) 'SONY    ' 'CD-RW  CRX320E  ' 'NYK2' Removable CD-ROM
> 
> And the following is what I get when I try to burn a CD:
> 
> 
> [root at gmc heidelberg-binary-i386]# cdrecord --dev=ATA:1,0,0\ 
> FC3-i386-disc1.iso
> cdrecord: No write mode specified.
> cdrecord: Asuming -tao mode.
> cdrecord: Future versions of cdrecord may have different drive dependent 
> defaults.
> cdrecord: Continuing in 5 seconds...
> Cdrecord-Clone 2.01-dvd (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004
> scsidev: 'ATA:1,0,0'
> devname: 'ATA'
> scsibus: 1 target: 0 lun: 0
> Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27
> Using libscg version 'schily-0.8'.
> cdrecord: Warning: using inofficial libscg transport code version 
> (schily - Red Hat-scsi-linux-sg.c-1.83-RH '@(#)scsi-linux-sg.c 
> 1.83 04/05/20 Copyright 1997 J. Schilling').
> cdrecord: Warning: controller returns wrong size for CD capabilities page.
> Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
> Version        : 0
> Response Format: 2
> Capabilities   :
> Vendor_info    : 'SONY    '
> Identifikation : 'CD-RW  CRX320E  '
> Revision       : 'NYK2'
> Device seems to be: Generic CD-ROM.
> cdrecord: Warning: controller returns wrong size for CD capabilities page.
> cdrecord: Warning: controller returns wrong size for CD capabilities page.
> cdrecord: Sorry, no CD/DVD-Recorder or unsupported CD/DVD-Recorder found 
> on this target.
> cdrecord: Warning: controller returns wrong size for CD capabilities page.
> Using generic SCSI-2       CD-ROM driver (scsi2_cd).
> Driver flags   :
> Supported modes:
> cdrecord: Drive does not support TAO recording.
> cdrecord: Illegal write mode for this drive.

Try using the -sao option to cdrecord.

Paul.
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Paul Howarth <paul at city-fan.org>