Recently a Plextor 716A replaced a failed Sony DVD burner. The Plextor 716A will only (so far) write CD (-R/-RW)media and DVD-RW media. Attempts (on both BSDI and Linux (SuSE 9.2) to write to DVD+R have failed.
Using 'growisofs' the first write10 command to the 716A elicits an I/O error with "SK=5 ASC=22 ACQ=0". I pulled in the MMC documents and can only find ASC 21 and 24, not 22. Attempting to use cdrecord-proDVD (the latest version for linux from June 2004) didn't work - I kept getting (even as root) permission denied to /dev/hda even though "dev=ATA:1,0,0" was used and the 716A is /dev/hdc. So far the 716A is a dud, good CD writer but makes coasters from DVD+R media. DVD+RW media is a mixed situation - it has worked once or twice a couple days ago but today I get write10 errors with ASC=22. I'll bring in some DVD-R media and risk making some more coasters tomorrow. Cheers, Steven Schultz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
