DVD Writing Issue

[Robin Laing]

Usman S. Ansari wrote:
> gary wrote:
> 
>> On Sat, 2006-04-01 at 23:38 -0800, Usman S. Ansari wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> I have FC4 on my system and downloaded DVD image for FC5. Also bouth DVD
>>> writer. Writer is identified as
>>>
>>> MATSHITADVD-RAM SW-9585, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
>>>
>>> Tried to write to DVD using following command and got following errors
>>>
>>> growisofs -Z /dev/dvdwriter=/Big-Disk/images/FC-5-i386-DVD.iso
>>> :-[ READ DISC INFORMATION failed with SK=4h/ASC=08h/ACQ=03h]:
>>> Input/output error
>>>
>>> [root at usman Files]# growisofs -Z /dev/dvdwriter -R -J
>>> /Big-Disk/lots_of_files
>>> :-[ READ DISC INFORMATION failed with SK=4h/ASC=08h/ACQ=03h]:
>>> Input/output error
>>>
>>> I am running 2.6.15-1.1831_FC4 kernel
>>>   
>>
>>  Is the MATSHITADVD-ROM SW-9585  - not MATSHITADVD-RAM SW-9585 ?
>>  So far, it looks to me as though neither registers as a dvdwriter.
>> --gary
>>
> Are you saying that this is not a Writer, or is not reconigzed as a 
> writer by Linux ? (see blow output of cdrecord).
> 
> On other hand, if there is a DVD writter which work well with Linux, let 
> me know and I can probably exchange for it.
> 

I have used LG's in three different computers with no problems.  These 
do DVD-RAM as well.


-- 
Robin Laing