Fail to burn DVDs [was: problems with growisofs]

[Alexander Apprich]

Itay Furman wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks for the reply.
> 
> Why I tried growisofs?  My impression from reading some info on the web
> was that this is the current tool to do the job.
> 
> Anyway I tried cdrecord with exactly the same syntax that you offered,
> but it didn't work -- I appended the output of the command to the end
> of this message below.  Also I appended the output of '-scanbus' and
> 'dev=help' options.  Finally I appended variations on your proposed
> command --  all failed with various messages, most of them similar.
> My appologies if this message becomes too long -- I really cannot
> read the output of 'cdrecord' and infer what is important and what
> is not.
> 
> What else should I try?  or is my device broken?
> 
>     Thanks in advance,
>     Itay
> 
> 
> On 03/15/2005 Michael wrote:
> 
>> On 03/14/2005 11:37:54 PM, Itay Furman wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>     Hi,
>>>
>>> I am trying to burn FC3 dvd using my IBM T41. After some
>>> hours reading through the man page, and googling I gave
>>> up. Here is what I tried:
>>>
>>> [root sam pkg]# growisofs -dry-run -Z /dev/scd0=FC3-i386-DVD.iso
>>> :-( unable to open64("/dev/scd0",O_RDONLY): No such device or address
>>>
>>>
>>> [root sam pkg]# growisofs -dry-run -Z /dev/hdc=FC3-i386-DVD.iso
>>> :-[ LOAD TRAY failed with SK=5h/ASC=24h/ACQ=00h]: Input/output error
>>>
>>>
>>> [root sam pkg]# growisofs -dry-run -Z /dev/cdrom=FC3-i386-DVD.iso
>>> :-[ LOAD TRAY failed with SK=5h/ASC=24h/ACQ=00h]: Input/output error
>>>
>>>
>>> In the first case the light indicator keeps flashing for at
>>> least few minutes -- I stopped it by removing the medium.
>>>     The device can read DVDs burned by others.
>>>
>>>     How can I fix this?
>>
>>
>> by using cdrecord - growisofs I have only used to create DVD's
>> from an existing directory structure. For iso files, use
>> cdrecord
>> cdrecord -dev=/dev/cdrom -speed=4 -v -dao -pad FC3-i386-DVD.iso
>>
>> -- 
>> Michael A. Peters
>> http://mpeters.us/
>>
>>
> 
> ## Complete transcript of proposed command
> 
> [root at sam pkg]# cdrecord -dev=/dev/cdrom -speed=4 -v -dao -pad 
> FC3-i386-DVD.iso
> Cdrecord-Clone 2.01-dvd (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 
> Jrrrrrrg Schill
> Note: This version is an unofficial (modified) version with DVD support
> Note: and therefore may have bugs that are not present in the original.
> Note: Please send bug reports or support requests to 
> http://bugzilla.redhat.com/
> Note: The author of cdrecord should not be bothered with problems in 
> this versio
> TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM
> scsidev: '/dev/cdrom'
> devname: '/dev/cdrom'
> 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 opyright 1997 J. Schilling').
> SCSI buffer size: 64512
> atapi: 1
> Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
> Version        : 0
> Response Format: 2
> Capabilities   :
> Vendor_info    : 'MATSHITA'
> Identifikation : 'UJDA755zDVD/CDRW'
> Revision       : '1.20'
> Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-ROM.

I'm probably wrong, but by seeing this message you obviosly try
to burn a DVD using a CD-Burner.

What is the output from

    cdrecord -scanbus

Alex