I need help with external USB DVD writer.

[Mike]

FreeBSD User Giacomo wrote:
> Hi. 
> I have bought recently an external USB DVD writer Samsung Super (model SE-S184M/EUBN). 
> I do not succeed in to burn DVD (only CD). 
> The system (FreeBSD 6,1) recognizes masterizzatore like: 
>
> umass0: TSST corp USB Mass Storage Device, rev 2.00/0.00, addr 3 cd0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 
> cd0: <TSSTcorp CD/DVDW SH-S182M SB02> device Removable CD-ROM SCSI-0 
> cd0: 40.000MB/s transfers 
> cd0: Device Attempt to query size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present - tray close
>
>   
What does usbdevs -v show?

> If I use the comand whith a dvd+rw : dvd+rw- format /dev/cd0 
> I obtain 
>
> * DVD±RW/-RAM format utility by <appro at fy. chalmers.se>, version 6.0. 
> :-( (unable to GET CONFIGURATION: 
> Input/output error and on the consul: umass0: 
> Unsupported ATAPI command 0x46. 
>
>   
Your drive probably isn't MMC-capable.  Try updating the firmware.  For 
a Samsung go here: 
http://www.samsungoms-europe.com/samsung.php?section=download and get 
the firmware updating tool (it's called LiveUpdate or something).  It 
only works in Windows, so hope that isn't a problem.  If there's a 
firmware upgrade for your drive, it might fix this error and allow the 
FreeBSD dvd-tools to read your burner's configuration.