Did a clean install of ubuntu 7.10 on the same machine, but still the same problem.
Looking into /var/log/messages I found it populated with hundreds of errors like the following one, all of them only differing in the sector number mentioned at the end of each error: Nov 1 21:03:27 timetunnel kernel: [16904.112000] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE,SUGGEST_OK Nov 1 21:03:27 timetunnel kernel: [16904.112000] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Sense Key : Data Protect [current] Nov 1 21:03:27 timetunnel kernel: [16904.112000] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Add. Sense: No defect spare location available Nov 1 21:03:27 timetunnel kernel: [16904.112000] end_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 1344 -- Writing to DVD-RAM creates corrupted folders https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/117328 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
