Hi guys,

I'm suddenly getting failures when trying to write to DVD. The discs are
Verbatim DVD+R - same as always. Trying to write a DVD .ISO to disc, K3B
shows this in the debug output:

growisofs
-----------------------
Executing 'builtin_dd if=/dev/fd/0 of=/dev/hdc obs=32k seek=0'
/dev/hdc: "Current Write Speed" is 8.2x1352KBps.
1572864/3383431168 ( 0.0%) @0.0x, remaining 215:00 RBU 100.0% UBU 2.1%
1572864/3383431168 ( 0.0%) @0.0x, remaining 322:31 RBU 100.0% UBU 100.0%
1572864/3383431168 ( 0.0%) @0.0x, remaining 430:01 RBU 100.0% UBU 100.0%
1572864/3383431168 ( 0.0%) @0.0x, remaining 573:22 RBU 100.0% UBU 100.0%
1572864/3383431168 ( 0.0%) @0.0x, remaining 680:52 RBU 100.0% UBU 100.0%
1572864/3383431168 ( 0.0%) @0.0x, remaining 788:22 RBU 100.0% UBU 100.0%
1572864/3383431168 ( 0.0%) @0.0x, remaining 931:43 RBU 100.0% UBU 100.0%
1572864/3383431168 ( 0.0%) @0.0x, remaining 1039:13 RBU 100.0% UBU 100.0%
1572864/3383431168 ( 0.0%) @0.0x, remaining 1146:44 RBU 100.0% UBU 100.0%
:-[ WRITE@LBA=300h failed with SK=3h/ASC=11h/ACQ=00h]: Input/output error
:-( write failed: Input/output error
/dev/hdc: flushing cache
/dev/hdc: closing track
:-[ CLOSE TRACK failed with SK=3h/ASC=73h/ACQ=03h]: Input/output error
/dev/hdc: closing disc
:-[ CLOSE DISC failed with SK=3h/ASC=73h/ACQ=03h]: Input/output error

I get exactly the same output when I run growisofs -Z /dev/hdc=image.iso
from the commandline.

Weird thing is, it does actually write to the disc - the first couple of
MB at least. If I put the disc in afterwards, it's got the correct label
and table of contents. The rewritable discs I have (DVD+RW) work just
fine, and the Verbatim discs work just fine when I use an external USB dvd
writer. Is this just a media incompatibility or is my drive going bad?

Thanks


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>
> Weird thing is, it does actually write to the disc - the first couple of
> MB at least. If I put the disc in afterwards, it's got the correct label
> and table of contents. The rewritable discs I have (DVD+RW) work just
> fine, and the Verbatim discs work just fine when I use an external USB dvd
> writer. Is this just a media incompatibility or is my drive going bad?

The easiest way to tell would be to test burning with that drive from
another OS or from a different PC.

I found a few forums threads (for other distros) where people reported
the same problem, but there was no conclusive solution.

You could also try upgrading to a newer kernel version and seeing if that s.


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> I found a few forums threads (for other distros) where people reported
> the same problem, but there was no conclusive solution.
>

Here is one thread which might be useful:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=185567

Basically the guy upgraded to the latest OS version (Mandrake in his
case), along with cdtools and k3b

Still, it sounds like hardware problems if you didn't change any
config between it working then stopping working. The forum posts were
mainly for people who had the problem from the start.


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David wrote:
> Still, it sounds like hardware problems if you didn't change any
> config between it working then stopping working. The forum posts were
> mainly for people who had the problem from the start.

Well, I'm running Lenny, so things are changing every day. It looks
like it might be a media issue though - strange since it's exactly the
same discs that I always use. But then, I did buy them from Curries, so
anything is possible. I tried it in windows - same result.

I found a 10-pack Tesco DVDs on my shelf that I never used, just tried
one of them - works perfectly fine.

Thanks


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