Yes, it could be a combination of the media and the drive.  I have had problems like that in the past, so I stopped using memorex media.
 


From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Dazed_75
Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 12:08 PM
To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: Failed DVD Write

Eric,

It IS a coaster although when I insert the disc in this or another machine the pop-up says I have inserted a Blank DVD, properties on it show it to have no content and no free space.  Obviously some initialization was accomplished before the error.

BTW, googling "WRITE @ LBA=0h failed with SK=0h ASC=00h ACQ=02h" yields lots of results and from different distros, hardware, and media manufacturers though a lot of the same software (brasero, cdrecord, growisofs) since they are pretty ubiquitess.

Matt,

They are issues, problems, errors, and WTFs because English is defined and used imprecisely.  Therefore, we have words with many definitions and synonyms both real and defacto.

Thanks for your suggestions.  I will try some of them but I got the disc burned by taking the .iso to another machine with the same distro (ubuntu 9.04) and using the same method (right click on the .iso file and choosing "disc burner".  I typically do not descend to command line where the gui methods work much more easily.

So the immediate issue is solved but I'd still like to know why this happens occasionally on my HP dv6250 laptop.  Maybe it is the media issue or the thin model optical drive.

Lisa,

Thanks for the references.  The ubuntu forums one was not much help except for naming some potential causes I already knew.  The fedora reference has more detail as you say but will have to look into that one when i have more time as with Matt's troubleshooting suggestions.


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Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry