[RndTbl] Writing backups to Pioneer DVR-A04 DVD-RW writer.

[Scott Balneaves]

Hello all,

Here's one I can't figure out.

Downloaded cdrtools-1.11.dvd.tar.gz, and compiled.  Nice and clean
worked like a champ.  Wrote about 70 megs to the drive.  Worked
great.

Here's the rub.  I've got a 4.7 gig RW disk in the drive, and I'm trying
to write 2.7 gigs or so of data.  My output's below.  Am I doing something
wrong here?  It says the data won't fit on the disk.  Huh?

Script started on Fri Jul 12 13:07:14 2002
[root at gandalf dump]# df -k
Filesystem           1k-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda1               505605    290572    188929  61% /
none                    127568         0    127568   0% /dev/shm
/dev/hda5              7408260   2638208   4393732  38% /usr
/dev/hda2              4127108     94856   3822604   3% /var
/dev/hdb1             19694836   2533728  16160664  14% /dump
[root at gandalf dump]# ls -al
total 2533729
drwxr-xr-x    3 root     root         4096 Jul 12 13:07 .
drwxr-xr-x   20 root     root         1024 Jul 12 11:07 ..
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root        16384 Jul 12 11:06 lost+found
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root     2591981568 Jul 12 11:16 usrdump.iso
[root at gandalf dump]# /opt/schily/bin/cdrecord -v -dao dev=0,0,0 -data usrdump.isoo 
Cdrecord 1.11a08 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2001 Jörg Schilling
TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM
scsidev: '0,0,0'
scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 0
Linux sg driver version: 3.1.20
Using libscg version 'schily-0.5'
atapi: 1
Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
Version        : 0
Response Format: 2
Capabilities   : 
Vendor_info    : 'PIONEER '
Identifikation : 'DVD-RW  DVR-104 '
Revision       : '1.20'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD.
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc DVD-R(W) driver (mmc_mdvd).
Driver flags   : SWABAUDIO BURNFREE 
Supported modes: PACKET SAO
Drive buf size : 1638400 = 1600 KB
FIFO size      : 4194304 = 4096 KB
Track 01: data  2471 MB        
Total size:     2838 MB (281:14.88) = 1265616 sectors
Lout start:     2839 MB (281:16/66) = 1265616 sectors
Current Secsize: 2048
Trying to clear drive status.
/opt/schily/bin/cdrecord: Drive needs to reload the media to return to proper status.
  ATIP start of lead in:  -150 (00:00/00)
Disk type:    unknown
Manuf. index: -1
Manufacturer: unknown (not in table)
/opt/schily/bin/cdrecord: Data will not fit on any disk.
/opt/schily/bin/cdrecord: Cannot write CD's >= 100 minutes.
[root at gandalf dump]# exit
Script done on Fri Jul 12 13:09:10 2002


Weeeiiird.  Any hints?

Redhat 7.2 with current set of patches hosts the drive.

Scott

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