growisofs DVD write woes on HP/Compaq

[Eric Anderson]

Neil Short wrote:
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> Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2005 12:46:25 +0200
> From: Stefan Bauer <duke at splatterworld.de>
> Subject: Re: growisofs DVD write woes on HP/Compaq
> laptop
> Cc: freebsd-mobile at freebsd.org
> Message-ID: <424D2681.5060808 at splatterworld.de>
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> Neil Short schrieb:
> 
> 
>>acd0: CDRW <SD-R6252/1A11> at ata1-master PIO4
>>cd0 at ata1 bus 0 target 0 lun 0
>>cd0: <TOSHIBA ODD-DVD SD-R6252 1A11> Removable CD-ROM
>>SCSI-0 device 
>>cd0: 16.000MB/s transfers
>>cd0: cd present [174027 x 2048 byte records]
>> 
>>
> 
> is this burner attached via usb? or just plugged in?
> 
> if its just plugged in then u need the lines below in
> your kernel 
> config:
> 
> device atapicam
> device scbus
> device cd
> device pass
> 
> 
> scbus and cd is as far as i can see included but whats
> about pass and 
> atapicam?
> 
> ===============
> I wish it were that easy. My kernel config file does
> have those devices specified.
> 
> This bone-head DVD+RW drive doesn't even work right in
> winDOH!s (I left a tiny sliver for it when I wiped
> this drive for a real OS.) I'm not going to fool with
> it until I get HP to fix it on winDOH!s

I bet it doesn't like DVD-R's.  Did you try a DVD+R or DVD+RW?  

Here's the command I use:

growisofs -speed=4 -dvd-compat -Z /dev/cd0=nameof.iso

Eric





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