Re: [gentoo-user] Can't get a DVD to burn.

[Joerg.Schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de (Joerg Schilling)]

Mike Edenfield <kutulu@kutulu.org> wrote:

> On 3/30/2010 1:00 PM, Dale wrote:
>
> > status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
> > Sense Bytes: 70 00 03 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 73 03 00 00
> > Sense Key: 0x3 Medium Error, Segment 0
> > Sense Code: 0x73 Qual 0x03 (power calibration area error) Fru 0x0
> > Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid)
>
> This part is claiming that your burner was unable to figure out what the
> correct power level is for writing to the media.  This is entirely
> controlled in hardware, so there is no legitimate reason why your
> version of cdrecord should have any effect. It is almost always caused by:
>
> * Bad media
> * Bad hardware
> * Insufficient power supply

With DVD+RW, there is another possible problem: The media was written by 
another drive before that results in a medium state incompatible with the 
current drive. This is not uncommon with a company-only "standard" like DVD+.

Jörg

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