Are RWs a problem?

[Bob Chiodini]

On Wed, 2006-03-15 at 17:49 +0000, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Wednesday 15 March 2006 16:54, Andy Green wrote:
> > Anne Wilson wrote:
> > > :-[ WRITE at LBA=0h failed with SK=5h/ASC=64h/ACQ=00h]: Input/output error
> > > :-( write failed: Input/output error
> > >
> > > I can live without re-writeables, if there really is a problem, but if
> > > it's my system that has a problem it needs sorting.
> >
> > Anything wandering around in /var/log/messages about that IO Error?
> >
> Lots -
> 
> Mar 15 16:33:04 david kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown
> Mar 15 16:33:04 david kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 168
> Mar 15 16:33:04 david kernel: hdd: media error (bad sector): status=0x51 
> { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> Mar 15 16:33:04 david kernel: hdd: media error (bad sector): error=0x30 
> { LastFailedSense=0x03 }
> Mar 15 16:33:04 david kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown
> Mar 15 16:33:04 david kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 176
> Mar 15 16:33:04 david kernel: hdd: media error (bad sector): status=0x51 
> { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> Mar 15 16:33:04 david kernel: hdd: media error (bad sector): error=0x30 
> { LastFailedSense=0x03 }
> Mar 15 16:33:04 david kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown
> Mar 15 16:33:04 david kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 184
> Mar 15 16:33:04 david kernel: hdd: media error (bad sector): status=0x51 
> { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> Mar 15 16:33:04 david kernel: hdd: media error (bad sector): error=0x30 
> { LastFailedSense=0x03 }
> Mar 15 16:33:04 david kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown
> Mar 15 16:33:04 david kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 192
> 
> and lots more like it.
> 
> > Hm also did you erase these CDRWs first?
> 
> I did - using k3b.
> 
> I've just found a brand-new cd-rw and again k3b appeared to do the burn, but 
> when it came to the verify it said it couldn't read the ISO9660 file system.  
> I cannot mount the disk - konqueror says it doesn't know the file system.  
> This time there were no errors in messages when it failed to read the file 
> system.
> 
> Either there is a big problem with k3b or my drive, I think.  And I'm worried 
> that both drives I have tried have the same problem.
> 
> Anne

Anne,

Cabling?  I would have expected DMA messages, nevertheless are you using
80-pin cabling?

After the long thread about which end is which:  The blue end to the
motherboard, single drive (or master) at the other end of the cable.

Bob...