On 2013-09-30 09:03:01 +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > obviously the drive does not like this particular medium.
I forgot to say that there were no such problems a few months ago, with the same DVD and the same machine (and drive). And this DVD was burnt on this machine (running Debian/unstable). > The SCSI error message SK=5h/ILLEGAL MODE FOR THIS TRACK > indicates that the drive does not perceive the medium > as blank. I suspect that the blank command actually failed (but why?), but it forgot to report an error. Its output was buggy as the "0.0" didn't increase during the 10 minutes. > What do you get with medium inserted and tray loaded from > this command: > dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/sr0 INQUIRY: [TSSTcorp][DVD+-RW TS-U633A][D300] GET [CURRENT] CONFIGURATION: Mounted Media: 14h, DVD-RW Sequential Media ID: MCC 01RW4X Current Write Speed: 4.0x1385=5540KB/s Write Speed #0: 4.0x1385=5540KB/s Write Speed #1: 3.0x1385=4155KB/s Write Speed #2: 3.0x1385=4155KB/s Write Speed #3: 3.0x1385=4155KB/s Write Speed #4: 3.0x1385=4155KB/s Write Speed #5: 3.0x1385=4155KB/s Write Speed #6: 3.0x1385=4155KB/s Write Speed #7: 3.0x1385=4155KB/s Write Speed #8: 3.0x1385=4155KB/s GET [CURRENT] PERFORMANCE: Write Performance: 4.0x1385=5540KB/s@[0 -> 2298496] Speed Descriptor#0: 00/2297887 [email protected]=11080KB/s [email protected]=5540KB/s Speed Descriptor#1: 00/2297887 [email protected]=11080KB/s [email protected]=4155KB/s READ DVD STRUCTURE[#10h]: Media Book Type: 00h, DVD-ROM book [revision 0] Legacy lead-out at: 2298496*2KB=4707319808 READ DVD STRUCTURE[#0h]: Media Book Type: 33h, DVD-RW book [revision 3] Last border-out at: 2045*2KB=4188160 READ DISC INFORMATION: Disc status: appendable Number of Sessions: 2 State of Last Session: empty "Next" Track: 2 Number of Tracks: 2 READ FORMAT CAPACITIES: formatted: 779568*2048=1596555264 00h(800): 2297888*2048=4706074624 10h(10): 2297888*2048=4706074624 15h(10): 2297888*2048=4706074624 READ TRACK INFORMATION[#1]: Track State: complete incremental Track Start Address: 0*2KB Free Blocks: 0*2KB Track Size: 779568*2KB Last Recorded Address: 779567*2KB READ TRACK INFORMATION[#2]: Track State: invisible incremental Track Start Address: 817472*2KB Next Writable Address: 817472*2KB Free Blocks: 1480416*2KB Track Size: 1480416*2KB FABRICATED TOC: Track#1 : 14@0 Track#AA : 17@779568 Multi-session Info: #1@0 READ CAPACITY: 779568*2048=1596555264 > You may also try to format it, which would remove the need > for blanking it before re-use > dvd+rw-format -force /devsr0 That's much better: the 0.0 increased to 100.0: * BD/DVD±RW/-RAM format utility by <[email protected]>, version 7.1. * 4.7GB DVD-RW media in Sequential mode detected. * formatting 100.0/ and now I'm currently burning it, with no errors. -- Vincent Lefèvre <[email protected]> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

