Craig White wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-12-02 at 17:26 -0700, Alan Dayley wrote:
>> Vaughn Treude wrote:
>>> Craig,
>>> Thanks for your reply. Yes, it's old. I was hoping (perhaps in vain)
>>> that I could solve this with some kind of mode switch. Or maybe this
>>> drive is on its way out. I'm always afraid that upgrading will break my
>>> other stuff. :-)
>>>
>>> From dmesg, I see these over and over again:
>>> ATAPI device hdc:
>>> Error: Not ready -- (Sense key=0x02)
>>> (reserved error code) -- (asc=0x30, ascq=0x02)
>>> The failed "Read Subchannel" packet command was:
>>> "42 02 40 01 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "
>>> cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize!
>>>
>>> Same stuff in syslog.
>>>
>>> Puzzling, because this is an empty DVD, it's not SUPPOSED to have any
>>> tracks it recognizes! :-)
>> I this case the first suspect is the burner and it's firmware, not the
>> system software. All recordable optical media is not equal. Not all
>> burners are equal either.
>>
>> This part:
>>
>>> Error: Not ready -- (Sense key=0x02)
>>> (reserved error code) -- (asc=0x30, ascq=0x02)
>> is an error code in 3 bytes. Taken together they mean:
>> 2 / 30 / 02 CANNOT READ MEDIUM . INCOMPATIBLE FORMAT
>> (as defined at http://www.isobuster.com/help.php?help=305 Not an
>> official source but corroborates with others around.)
>>
>> I think the drive cannot read the media you are giving it. Does the
>> drive still burn the other brand? You could test that if you have the
>> other brand blanks laying around.
>>
>> Sometimes a burner firmware update can help, if you can find one. Make
>> sure you found the right firmware and updater, though. It is usually
>> easy to do such an update but there is a risk of "bricking" the burner.
> ----
> Not counting DVD-RAM, there are 4 different types of DVD media for
> writing...
>
> DVD -R
> DVD +R
> DVD -RW
> DVD +RW
>
> not all can be used in all DVD recorders.
>
> Craig
>
Good point. The Memorex discs were DVD+R and the Maxells were DVD-R. I
went into K3B's configuration screen and under "Setup Devices" it claims
that this drive will write both DVD+R and DVD-R. I suppose that may not
necessarily be accurate, but that does make the problem less puzzling.
Vaughn
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