Topic: Problems writing DVDs

[yelnic]

Hi,

http://cd-utils.sourceforge.net/support.php

you will need to enable SSH with root access and use Putty or something to login to the server.  Download these files:

cdrtools-1.10-11.src.rpm
cd-utils-0.3.2-1.noarch.rpm
e-smith-cd-utils-0.2.1-1.noarch.rpm
mkisofs-1.10-11.i386.rpm

copy the files to a floppy disk or cdrw and login to the server.  Mount the drive and change to the device to see the files.

then from the root use the
rpm -Uvh cdrtools-1.10-11.src.rpm
rpm -Uvh cd-utils-0.3.2-1.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uvh e-smith-cd-utils-0.2.1-1.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uvh mkisofs-1.10-11.i386.rpm

then from the root prompt enter the command:
/etc/e-smith/events/actions/navigation-conf

configure the paths and you're up and burning from the administration panel

curtis =)

I did all that and I can't get my DVD to write.  Here's the /tmp/cdbackup.err:

scsidev: '0,0,0'
scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 0
Linux sg driver version: 3.1.24
/usr/bin/dvdrecord: Input/output error. reserve track: scsi sendcmd: no error
CDB:  53 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 2C 00
status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
Sense Bytes: 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 10 53 00 00 0F 30 05 00 00
Sense Key: 0x5 Illegal Request, Segment 0
Sense Code: 0x30 Qual 0x05 (cannot write medium - incompatible format) Fru 0x0
Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid)
cmd finished after 0.002s timeout 200s
/usr/bin/dvdrecord: Cannot open new session.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks.

[Brave Dave]

dvdrecord isn't too good with newer dvd-writers

i have started using growisofs

documentation is scant, but quite easy to use

[jackl]

Yelnic,

Check and see if you can mount the dvd drive from the command line.
Check this link:
http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=26304.0

Also make sure
in Server-manager>> CD Util Configuration >>SCSI Device for cdrecord>>    is set correctly.

Regards
Jack

Ps on one server we have the drive was master on secondary channel this value had to be set to 1,0,0 before it would work

[yelnic]

dvdrecord isn't too good with newer dvd-writers

i have started using growisofs

documentation is scant, but quite easy to use

Can you point me to a place to get it?  I have not had much luck Googling it.

Thanks.

[yelnic]

Yelnic,

Check and see if you can mount the dvd drive from the command line.
Check this link:
http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=26304.0

Also make sure
in Server-manager>> CD Util Configuration >>SCSI Device for cdrecord>>    is set correctly.

Regards
Jack

Ps on one server we have the drive was master on secondary channel this value had to be set to 1,0,0 before it would work

It's getting to the drive, it just can't write to it.

Thanks.

[meanlocha]

For those of us plugging away on SME 6.0.1,
growisofs is a good solution:

download devtools:
http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/contribs/hpe/devtools-6.01/dev-rpms

you should only need cpp, gcc, gcc-c++, libstdc++-devel, m4, automake, mkisofs

download dvd+rwtools:
http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/tools/dvd+rw-tools-5.21.4.10.8.tar.gz

make and install etc

Anthony