Re: Using readcd to read 3rd party discs

2003-10-13 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
> 1.isoinfo result and readcd result do not always match. Which one to > choose. Can readcd just tell the number of sectors without reading > till end? isoinfo -d tells you the size of the filesystem. If the filesystem was created by mkisofs, it will be accurate. In theory I guess some joker c

Re: Using readcd to read 3rd party discs

2003-10-13 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
> 1.isoinfo result and readcd result do not always match. Which one to > choose. Can readcd just tell the number of sectors without reading > till end? isoinfo -d tells you the size of the filesystem. If the filesystem was created by mkisofs, it will be accurate. In theory I guess some joker c

Re: Re: Plextor PX-708A

2003-10-13 Thread Dyson
Hi- I don't know if this might help anybody, but this is a verbose readout of my PX-708a. I have a modified kernel patch with the DVD+RW and UDF packet patch installed on 2.4.23-pre6 I would be happy to test anything on it. INQUIRY:[PLEXTOR ][DVDR PX-708A ][1.01] MODE SENSE[#

Re: Re: Plextor PX-708A

2003-10-13 Thread Dyson
Hi- I don't know if this might help anybody, but this is a verbose readout of my PX-708a. I have a modified kernel patch with the DVD+RW and UDF packet patch installed on 2.4.23-pre6 I would be happy to test anything on it. INQUIRY:[PLEXTOR ][DVDR PX-708A ][1.01] MODE SENSE

Re: Using readcd to read 3rd party discs

2003-10-13 Thread Ashish Rangole
Thanks for the response. But I still have couple of concerns/questions. 1.isoinfo result and readcd result do not always match. Which one to choose. Can readcd just tell the number of sectors without reading till end? 2.Assuming I decide to use a value for number of sectors, how do I know th

Re: Using readcd to read 3rd party discs

2003-10-13 Thread Ashish Rangole
Thanks for the response. But I still have couple of concerns/questions. 1.isoinfo result and readcd result do not always match. Which one to choose. Can readcd just tell the number of sectors without reading till end? 2.Assuming I decide to use a value for number of sectors, how do I know th

Re: linux kernel error reading end of cd/dvd

2003-10-13 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
Thanks for all your thoughts. I'll combine the reply. > Why are you mailing cdwrite? If it's a kernel bug, you should send a > bug report to linux-kernel I'd say. I am not sure where the bug is, but it affects CDs. This is a CD writing list? > (a) get the size of the ISO filesystem with cdrecord