Hi, >>>> Looks like Joerg is not amused by some bug-or-feature of >>>> your Linux. >>> >>> Take out the "your" part :-) >> >> Ok. Neither mine nor yours. > > I meant Joerg has problems with linux in general (and I tend to agree > with him as regards to linux scsi infrastructure), not any specific > distributions (mine or yours).
It is often about certain kernel versions and certain intermediate states of the infrastructure. After all, the "botch" text was new to me. > However, i found out that even if I don't get the "erasable" strings, > if I add "-v" I get the same info in another way (the "current > profile" stuff) > > So immediate problem is solved. My self compiled cdrecord reports about my burner holding a CD-RW : $ cdrecord -v dev=0,0,0 -atip Cdrecord-Clone 2.01.01a04 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2006 Jörg Schilling ... Vendor_info : 'HL-DT-ST' Identifikation : 'DVDRAM GSA-4082B' ... Current: 0x000A ... Profile: 0x0009 Profile: 0x000A (current) Profile: 0x0008 (current) Profile: 0x0002 whereas the ProDVD binary reports for the same situation $ /usr/bin/cdrecord-prodvd.sh -v dev=0,0,0 -atip Cdrecord-ProDVD-Clone 2.01.01b03 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2006 Jörg Schilling ... Current: CD-RW ... Profile: CD-R Profile: CD-RW (current) Profile: CD-ROM (current) Profile: Removable Disk Google makes me believe that the hex values are drive independend: http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/on/usr/src/cmd/cdrw/mmc.c Function print_profile_name() So probably one should count Current: 0x000A as alias of Current: CD-RW Have a nice day :) Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]