[PLUG] Re: DVD-ROM

[Carlos Konstanski]

Just for the sake of completeness, one has to ask whether it is possible
that the disk was burned with some sort of packet writing software like
DirectCD or something.  Though I've never messed with it, a recent 2.6
kernel has this capability.

On Mon, 4 Apr 2005, Rich Shepard wrote:

> Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 08:54:11 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com>
> Reply-To: General Linux discussion and assistance <plug at lists.pdxlinux.org>
> To: General Linux discussion and assistance <plug at lists.pdxlinux.org>
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] Re: DVD-ROM
> 
> On Mon, 4 Apr 2005, Robert McIntosh wrote:
>
>> "...you should have no problems."
>> 
>> Yet, I do.  :(
>
>> Apr  2 10:24:04 io kernel: hdd: cdrom_decode_status: status=0x51
>> {DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
>> Apr  2 10:24:04 io kernel: hdd: cdrom_decode_status:
>> error=0x30LastFailedSense 0x03
>
> Robert,
>
>  I've seen this before with bad media.
>
>  Was the disk prepared on a Winduhs box or a linux box? If the former, was
> it prepared with Rock Ridge extentions?
>
>  Is the disk mountable/readable on machines other than that which prepared
> it? Is the brand one of the higher quality ones?
>
>  I've burned cdrom disks that read consistently on all my linux boxes here
> but could not be read on machines running Microsoft, despite having been
> prepped with the Joliet and Rock Ridge extentions. A change in brand made a
> big difference.
>
> HTH,
>
> Rich
>
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