xcdroast: Problem writing re-writable discs

From: Al Green (alnews_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 07/20/03 

Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 05:49:48 GMT

I'm using xcdroast with Mandrake Linux 9.1
It works without any problems with regular
recordable CDs, but I can't make it work with
rewritable CD-RWs.

Below are relevant system settings and xcdroast output from
two attempts to write CD-RW, first in TAO mode then in Raw96r mode.

Please help.

Thanks,
Al

CD-ROM entry in /etc/fstab:
--------------------------
none /mnt/cdrom supermount dev=/dev/scd0,fs=iso9660,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0
--------------------------

'cdrecord -scanbus' shows:
--------------------------
Cdrecord 2.0 (i586-mandrake-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2002 Jörg Schilling
Linux sg driver version: 3.1.24
Using libscg version 'schily-0.7'
scsibus0:
        0,0,0 0) 'CDWRITER' 'IDE2410 ' 'A.23' Removable CD-ROM
--------------------------

I tried TAO, DAW and RAW(Raw96r) modes.

Here is a xcdroast log file from failed attempt to record CD-RW
in TAO mode:
----------------------------------------------------------------
Calling: /usr/lib/xcdroast-0.98/bin/xcdrwrap CDRECORD dev=0,0,0
gracetime=2
fs=4096k driveropts=burnfree -v -useinfo speed=4 -eject
-pad -data "/tmp/track-01.img" ...

scsidev: '0,0,0'
scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 0
Linux sg driver version: 3.1.24
pregap1: -1
Cdrecord 2.0 (i586-mandrake-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2002 Jörg Schilling
TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM
Using libscg version 'schily-0.7'
Driveropts: 'burnfree'
atapi: 1
Device type : Removable CD-ROM
Version : 0
Response Format: 1
Vendor_info : 'CDWRITER'
Identifikation : 'IDE2410 '
Revision : 'A.23'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW.
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R driver (mmc_cdr).
Driver flags : MMC-2 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE
Supported modes: TAO PACKET SAO SAO/R96P SAO/R96R RAW/R16 RAW/R96P RAW/R96R
FIFO size : 4194304 = 4096 KB
cdrecord: Drive needs to reload the media to return to proper status.
Track 01: data 62 MB padsize: 30 KB
Total size: 71 MB (07:07.53) = 32065 sectors
Lout start: 72 MB (07:09/40) = 32065 sectors
Current Secsize: 2352
ATIP info from disk:
Indicated writing power: 5
Reference speed: 2
Is unrestricted
Is erasable
ATIP start of lead in: -11239 (97:32/11)
ATIP start of lead out: 359849 (79:59/74)
1T speed low: 0 (reserved val 0) 1T speed high: 4
2T speed low: 0 (reserved val 5) 2T speed high: 0 (reserved val 10)
power mult factor: 4 5
recommended erase/write power: 3
A1 values: 02 4A B0
A2 values: 5A C8 06
Disk type: Phase change
Manuf. index: 27
Manufacturer: Prodisc Technology Inc.
Trying to clear drive status.
Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 4 in real TAO mode for single session.
Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ...
input buffer ready.
BURN-Free is ON.
Performing OPC...
Writing time: 0.125s
cdrecord: Input/output error. read track info: scsi sendcmd: no error
Average write speed 999.0x.
CDB: 52 01 00 00 00 FF 00 00 1C 00
Fixating...
status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
Fixating time: 0.001s
Sense Bytes: 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 30 06 00 00
Sense Key: 0x5 Illegal Request, Segment 0
Sense Code: 0x30 Qual 0x06 (cannot format medium - incompatible medium) Fru 0x0
Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid)
cmd finished after 0.000s timeout 240s
BURN-Free was never needed.
cdrecord: fifo had 64 puts and 0 gets.
cdrecord: fifo was 0 times empty and 0 times full, min fill was 100%.
------------------------------------------------------------

This is log from failed attempt to write in Raw96r mode:
------------------------------------------------------------

Calling: /usr/lib/xcdroast-0.98/bin/xcdrwrap CDRECORD dev=0,0,0
gracetime=2
fs=4096k driveropts=burnfree -v -useinfo speed=1
-raw96r -eject -pad -data "/tmp/track-01.img" ...

scsidev: '0,0,0'
scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 0
Linux sg driver version: 3.1.24
pregap1: -1
Cdrecord 2.0 (i586-mandrake-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2002 Jörg Schilling
TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM
Using libscg version 'schily-0.7'
Driveropts: 'burnfree'
atapi: 1
Device type : Removable CD-ROM
Version : 0
Response Format: 1
Vendor_info : 'CDWRITER'
Identifikation : 'IDE2410 '
Revision : 'A.23'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW.
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R driver (mmc_cdr).
Driver flags : MMC-2 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE
Supported modes: TAO PACKET SAO SAO/R96P SAO/R96R RAW/R16 RAW/R96P RAW/R96R
FIFO size : 4194304 = 4096 KB
Encoding speed : 475x (35611 sectors/s) for libedc from Heiko Eißfeldt
cdrecord: Drive needs to reload the media to return to proper status.
Track 01: data 62 MB padsize: 30 KB
Total size: 71 MB (07:07.50) = 32063 sectors
Lout start: 72 MB (07:09/38) = 32063 sectors
Current Secsize: 2352
ATIP info from disk:
Indicated writing power: 5
Reference speed: 2
Is unrestricted
Is erasable
ATIP start of lead in: -11239 (97:32/11)
ATIP start of lead out: 359849 (79:59/74)
1T speed low: 0 (reserved val 0) 1T speed high: 4
2T speed low: 0 (reserved val 5) 2T speed high: 0 (reserved val 10)
power mult factor: 4 5
recommended erase/write power: 3
A1 values: 02 4A B0
A2 values: 5A C8 06
Disk type: Phase change
Manuf. index: 27
Manufacturer: Prodisc Technology Inc.
Trying to clear drive status.
Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 1 in real RAW/RAW96R mode for single session.
Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ...
input buffer ready.
BURN-Free is ON.
Performing OPC...
cdrecord: Input/output error. send opc: scsi sendcmd: no error
CDB: 54 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
Sense Bytes: 70 00 03 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00
Sense Key: 0x3 Medium Error, Segment 0
Sense Code: 0x02 Qual 0x00 (no seek complete) Fru 0x0
Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid)
cmd finished after 60.048s timeout 60s
cdrecord: OPC failed.
Writing time: 63.038s
cdrecord: fifo had 64 puts and 0 gets.
BURN-Free was never needed.
cdrecord: fifo was 0 times empty and 0 times full, min fill was 100%.

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