Joerg, Thanks for the explanation - it's all a bit over my head; I'm just using
what came with my distribution.
I have downloaded your cdrtools, built and tried again. Here is the result
(still no success). Does this help?
Parker
./cdrecord -v -dao speed=1 dev=/dev/dvd ~/newworld.iso
Cdrecord-ProDVD-ProBD-Clone 2.01.01a57 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C)
1995-2009 J�rg Schilling
TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM
./cdrecord: Operation not permitted. Warning: Cannot raise RLIMIT_MEMLOCK
limits.
./cdrecord: Cannot allocate memory. WARNING: Cannot do mlockall(2).
./cdrecord: WARNING: This causes a high risk for buffer underruns.
./cdrecord: Operation not permitted. WARNING: Cannot set RR-scheduler.
./cdrecord: Permission denied. WARNING: Cannot set priority using setpriority().
./cdrecord: WARNING: This causes a high risk for buffer underruns.
scsidev: '/dev/dvd'
devname: '/dev/dvd'
scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2
Warning: Open by 'devname' is unintentional and not supported.
Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27
Using libscg version 'schily-0.9'.
SCSI buffer size: 64512
atapi: 1
Device type : Removable CD-ROM
Version : 5
Response Format: 2
Capabilities :
Vendor_info : 'GIGABYTE'
Identifikation : 'GO-W1608A '
Revision : 'B8S2'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW/DVD-RAM.
Current: DVD+RW
Profile: DVD+R/DL
Profile: DVD+R
Profile: DVD+RW (current)
Profile: DVD-RW sequential recording
Profile: DVD-RW restricted overwrite
Profile: DVD-R sequential recording
Profile: DVD-ROM
Profile: CD-RW
Profile: CD-R
Profile: CD-ROM
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc-3 DVD+RW driver (mmc_dvdplusrw).
Driver flags : NO-CD DVD MMC-3 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE FORCESPEED
Supported modes: PACKET SAO
Drive buf size : 1602048 = 1564 KB
./cdrecord: Warning: The DMA speed test has been skipped.
FIFO size : 4194304 = 4096 KB
Track 01: data 4391 MB
Total size: 4391 MB = 2248251 sectors
Current Secsize: 2048
WARNING: Drive returns illegal Disk type CD-DA or CD-ROM.
Capacity Blklen/Sparesz. Format-type Type
2295104 2048 0x00 Unformated or Blank Media
2295104 0 0x26 Reserved (0)
Format was needed.
Starting to write CD/DVD/BD at speed 1 in real FORMAT mode for single session.
Last chance to quit, starting real write 0 seconds. Operation starts.
Formatting media
Formatting time: 92.518s
Trying to clear drive status.
Forcespeed is OFF.
./cdrecord: Drive needs to reload the media to return to proper status.
WARNING: Drive returns illegal Disk type CD-DA or CD-ROM.
./cdrecord: Data will not fit on any disk.
./cdrecord: Cannot write more than remaining DVD/BD capacity.
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