Hi folks I just got my first dvd writer and is struggling to get it working on my linux box. (My son tells me I should opt for plan b, and put it in his XP box.) I have successfully made a CDR, which should mean I'm pretty close.
Now I have ruined a couple of DVD+R and seek your advice before I ruin myself. The box is a vanilla rh9 with all apt updates from freshrpms. dvd+rw-tools is installed as an rpm created directly from the tarball. I run dvd+rw-mediainfo and it says it fails, but I don't understand if that is important. Perhaps I'm doing something wrong and should RTFM, but It would be nice to _know_ if that is the case. The media is from a 25-pack marked PHILIPS DVD+R 1-4x. Great if someone could tell what these codes mean. Printout with a fresh disk follows... /Bengt [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# rpm -q dvd+rw-tools dvd+rw-tools-5.16.4.8.5-1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/cdrom INQUIRY: [_NEC ][DVD_RW ND-1300A ][1.06] GET [CURRENT] CONFIGURATION: Mounted Media: 1Bh, DVD+R GET PERFORMANCE: Speed Descriptor#0: 00/2295104 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Speed Descriptor#1: 00/2295104 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] :-[ READ DVD STRUCTURE#0 failed with SK=5h/ASC=24h/ACQ=00h]: Input/output error READ DISC INFORMATION: Disc status: blank Number of Sessions: 1 State of Last Session: empty Number of Tracks: 1 READ TRACK INFORMATION[#1]: Track State: blank Track Start Address: 0*2KB Next Writable Address: 0*2KB Free Blocks: 2295104*2KB Track Size: 2295104*2KB -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]