"Thomas Schmitt" <scdbac...@gmx.net> writes: > Hi, > > i wrote: >> > If you have some blank optical medium, then try whether the emitter of >> > the read attempt can be discouraged if the drive is perceived as offering >> > just one block of 2048 bytes. > > Richmond wrote: >> I don't know how to do that. Do you mean make a DVD with 1 block of data? > > Just put in a blank CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+R, or unformatted blank DVD-RW. > The size perception will change to > VENDOR MODEL SIZE PHY-SEC LOG-SEC > HL-DT-ST HL-DT-ST_DVDRAM_GH15F 2048 2048 2048 > > Pull it out again, and this state will persist until you put in a medium > which is readable, or until you reboot. >
I put in a blank DVD+RW. lsblk -b -o VENDOR,MODEL,SIZE,PHY-SEC,LOG-SEC /dev/sr* VENDOR MODEL SIZE PHY-SEC LOG-SEC HL-DT-ST HL-DT-ST_DVDRAM_GH15F 2048 2048 2048 It has stayed like this after I removed it.
