Re: DVD+R burning flakey after ATAng.

From: David Gilbert <dgilbert_at_dclg.ca>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 09:17:44 -0400
>>>>> "Pierre" == Pierre Beyssac <pb_at_fasterix.frmug.org> writes:

Pierre> On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 09:10:39PM -0400, David Gilbert wrote:
>> This all started screwing up with ATAng.  At first, ATAng didn't
>> support atapicam, but that was rectified.  Now the dvd+rw port
>> (growisofs) doesn't work at all ... it finishes with an error that
>> I'm loathe to coaster another (expensive) DVD to find out.  burncd
>> will

Pierre> I've only tried DVD+R burning with growisofs since ATAng. My
Pierre> drive is a Ricoh MP5125. I've previously burned quite a few
Pierre> DVD+RW with burncd, it mostly worked before ATAng and it still
Pierre> does.

Pierre> One problem I have seen is at the fixation phase. I
Pierre> occasionaly have growisofs returning an error at the end,
Pierre> sometimes it doesn't seem to matter and sometimes it does (no
Pierre> TOC, preventing any access).  In the latter case I then tried
Pierre> a burncd fixate on it which made the coaster back into a
Pierre> DVD. It's funny enough since burncd is not supposed to handle
Pierre> DVD+R AFAIK, but the Ricoh drive apparently did the right
Pierre> thing anyway.

I tried combinations of this, but the 'burncd fixate' tends to not
spin the disk very much.

Dave.

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