Re: [PARPORT] Any explanation for this error?

From: Dr. Muhammad Masroor Ali (masroor@cse.buet.edu)
Date: Tue Nov 27 2001 - 11:18:31 EST

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    Joerg Schilling wrote:
    >
    > >From owner-linux-parport@gear.torque.net Sat Nov 24 05:16:59 2001
    >
    > >Hello all,
    > >Recently I have started using cdrecord for creating all my CDs, and it
    > >is working without any problem. But yesterday, for two of my rewritable
    > >CDs I got some strange errors during blanking. Even the -force option
    > >failed. Error listing is at the end of this mail. Could anybody please
    > >explain what this means. Does it have anything to do with the fact that
    > >I used these
    > >CDs under Window$ before? One CD is by HP, another is by BASF. Any
    > >suggestion will be appreciated.
    >
    > >I am using a HP 7200 CD writer.
    >
    > >Listing of activities
    > >---------------
    >
    > >#/usr/local/bin/cdrecord -v -force blank=all -eject dev=0,0,0
    >
    > >Cdrecord 1.10 (i586-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2001 Jörg Schilling
    >
    > >TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM
    > >scsidev: '0,0,0'
    > >scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 0
    > >Using libscg version 'schily-0.5'
    > >atapi: 1
    > >Device type : Removable CD-ROM
    > >Version : 0
    > >Response Format: 1
    > >Vendor_info : 'HP '
    > >Identifikation : 'CD-Writer+ 7200 '
    > >Revision : '3.01'
    > >Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW.
    > >Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R driver (mmc_cdr).
    > >Driver flags : SWABAUDIO
    > >Drive buf size : 786432 = 768 KB
    > >Current Secsize: 2048
    > > ATIP start of lead in: -11625 (97:27/00)
    > > ATIP start of lead out: 335100 (74:30/00)
    > >Disk type: Phase change
    > >Manuf. index: 0
    > >Manufacturer: Illegal Manufacturer code
    > >Blocks total: 335100 Blocks current: 335100 Blocks remaining: 335250
    > >RBlocks total: 353448 RBlocks current: 353448 RBlocks remaining: 353598
    > >/usr/local/bin/cdrecord: Timer expired. blank unit: scsi sendcmd: cmd
    > >timeout after 9600.496 (9600) s
    > >CDB: A1 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
    > >cmd finished after 9600.496s timeout 9600s
    > >/usr/local/bin/cdrecord: Timer expired. prevent/allow medium removal:
    >
    > It is must unlikely that a non-broken drive will need > 2.5 hours to
    > erase.
    >
    > Either your drive is dead or the PP adapter is dead.

    That is a very interesting comment I must say. This long time required
    was perhaps due to the force option. And I have successfully written
    one CD-R after this. And a brand new CD-RW have been wasted, this is
    the third one in line.

    Still waiting for suggestions.

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