CD Burn Trouble - cross-post

[The Hoelschers]

Sorry for the cross-post - this was originally "CD Burn Trouble" and I realized the
message I replied to would not be recognized as that thread....

The Hoelschers wrote:

> Thanks for the tip - I must have been mountint incorrectly.  This worked (I think I
> was putting the <directory> <image file> instead.
>
> However that just tells me I do have a valid ISO image.
>
> In response to a couple of other helpful hints, yes I have burned good CD's with
> this burner.  I even burnt a couple of ISO's using Xcdroast when it was in a RH 6.2
> system (since moved the burner to Mandrake 7.1 system).  Yes, I have burned some
> good ones here, too, just can't seem to get this ISO thing working.
>
> Would someone mind sharing with me the command they would use to burn directly via
> cdrecord given the following;
>
> Device = /dev/scd0
> Speed is capable of 4x
> ISO is /home/cdburntmp/rh70en1.iso
>
> I tried:
>
> cdrecord -v speed=4 dev=0,0 rh70en1.iso
>
> and got:
>
> Cdrecord 1.8.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 Jörg Schilling
> TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM
> scsidev: '0,0'
> scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 0
> Using libscg version 'schily-0.1'
> atapi: 1
> Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
> Version        : 0
> Response Format: 1
> Vendor_info    : 'IDE-CD  '
> Identifikation : 'R/RW 4x4x24     '
> Revision       : 'Z024'
> Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW.
> Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R driver (mmc_cdr).
> Driver flags   : SWABAUDIO
> Drive buf size : 1572864 = 1536 KB
> FIFO size      : 4194304 = 4096 KB
> Track 01: data  639 MB
> Total size:     734 MB (72:45.02) = 327377 sectors
> Lout start:     734 MB (72:47/02) = 327377 sectors
> Current Secsize: 2048
> ATIP info from disk:
>   Indicated writing power: 5
>   Reference speed: 2
>   Is not unrestricted
>   Is erasable
>   ATIP start of lead in:  -11597 (97:27/28)
>   ATIP start of lead out: 336601 (74:50/01)
>   speed low: 0 speed high: 4
>   power mult factor: 5 6
>   recommended erase/write power: 3
>   A2 values: 5A D8 36
> Disk type: phase change
> Manuf. index: 20
> Manufacturer: Princo Corporation
> Blocks total: 336601 Blocks current: 336601 Blocks remaining: 9224
> RBlocks total: 346489 RBlocks current: 346489 RBlocks remaining: 19112
> Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 4 in write mode for single session.
> Last chance to quit, starting real write in 1 seconds.
> Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ... input buffer ready.
> Performing OPC...
> Starting new track at sector: 0
> Track 01: 639 of 639 MB written (fifo 100%).
> Track 01: Total bytes read/written: 670464000/670464000 (327375 sectors).
> Writing  time: 1235.032s
> Fixating...
> cdrecord: Input/output error. close track/session: scsi sendcmd: retryable
> errorCDB:  5B 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
> Sense Bytes: 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 13 00 00 00 00 72 03 00 00
> Sense Key: 0x5 Illegal Request, Segment 0
> Sense Code: 0x72 Qual 0x03 (session fixation error - incomplete track in session)
> Fru 0x0
> Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid)
> cmd finished after 0.003s timeout 480s
> Fixating time:    0.024s
> cdrecord: Input/output error. mode select g1: scsi sendcmd: retryable error
> CDB:  55 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00
> status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
> Sense Bytes: 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 13 00 00 00 00 26 00 00 00
> Sense Key: 0x5 Illegal Request, Segment 0
> Sense Code: 0x26 Qual 0x00 (invalid field in parameter list) Fru 0x0
> Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid)
> cmd finished after 0.004s timeout 40s
> cdrecord: fifo had 20461 puts and 20461 gets.
> cdrecord: fifo was 0 times empty and 20047 times full, min fill was 97%.
>
> The part that is really puzzling to me is that the ISO is 639MB, but the TOTAL SIZE
> is 734MB.  Wazzup with that?  How does that happen?  ls -l says;
>
> 670464000 Dec  7 13:32 rh70en1.iso*
>
> Thanks again....
>
> Gerald Combs wrote:
>
> > Is losetup needed?  I've been able to mount .iso images in the past with
> >
> >   mount -t iso9660 -oloop <image file> <directory>
> >
> > On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, mike neuliep wrote:
> >
> > > Here's how to mount an iso image loopback
> > >
> > > losetup /dev/loop quake3.iso
> > > mount -t iso9660 /dev/loop /quakecd
> > > cd /quakecd
> > >
> > > that's it!
> > >
> > > use losetup -d /dev/loop to remove the association between the device and file
> > > But realistically I not 100% sure why his burner ejects the disc, then tries
> > > to read it again.  A big question: does the burned CD work or is it a coaster?
> > >
> > >       Mike
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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