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.
-- A list is only as strong as its weakest link -- Don KnuthDr. Muhammad Masroor Ali Associate Professor and Associate Director Institute of Information and Communication Technology Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
Phone: 880 2 966 5602 (Work), 880 2 966 5700 (Residence) FAX: 880 2 861 3046, 880 2 861 3026
-- To unsubscribe, send mail to: linux-parport-request@torque.net -- -- with the single word "unsubscribe" in the body of the message. --
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Tue Nov 27 2001 - 11:28:24 EST