"Thomas Schmitt" <scdbac...@gmx.net> writes:
> Hi,
>
>> mrvn@storage:~% xorriso -outdev /dev/hda
>> Media status : is blank
>
> Allegedly no impact.
> Did you always use the same medium or did you try several ones
> from that pack ?
I tried 2. Didn't want to waste any more in case it actually did write
anything.
>> mrvn@storage:~% cat iso | xorriso -as cdrecord -v dev=/dev/hda -eject -
>> libburn : FATAL : SCSI error on write(544,16): [3 0C 00] Write error
>
> As expected. Omitting the RESERVE TRACK command did only postpone
> the error until WRITE commands shall be performed. I assume that 544
> blocks (~ 1 MB) is in the range of the drive's buffer size. So it
> aborted when the first physical write operations were due to happen.
>
>
> Hard to say anything else but that the drive does not work well with
> the media. Googling "GSA-4163B" ... 2005. Were there already 8x DVD+R DL
> media in 2005 ? Further googling yields the promise to write 4x.
> And it has 2 MB of buffer. So it was only half full when the first WRITE
> command failed.
According to growisofs (i think it was) the drive has ~1100Kb
buffers. The rest must be used internally for other things.
> It would be worth a try with "2.4x" or "4x" media.
>
> The effective write speed itself cannot be the reason, as the failure
> happens early during writing or even before writing. But the "8x" media
> might be too modern for the drive.
I fear that might indeed be the case. Or the laser for the DVD+R/DL
burning is dirty.
> If you have access to a newer drive, try them there,
I will have to see if I can borrow a newer drive from my sister over
x-mas (depends on if she brings it). From looking at the scsi log and
what you said I don't believe this is a software fault so feel free to
close the bug.
MfG
Goswin
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