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["A. den Oudsten" <AdenOudsten@xxxxxx>]

G T Smith wrote:

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> Sunny wrote:
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> > On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 2:29 PM, A. den Oudsten <AdenOudsten@xxxxxx> wrote:
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> > > 3. What kind of dvd media you use - RW or W
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> > > DVD+RW
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> > I have read a lot of complains that RW media is not good for this
> > task. Can you try with normal blank DVD?
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> Usually DVD+RW/R is slightly more reliable for data burning than
> DVD-RW/R ...
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> But it might be worth checking the capabilities of the drive with.
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> wodim -prcap -dev=/dev/dvd
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This is what I got

Andredo@linux-Andre:~> wodim -prcap -dev=/dev/dvd
wodim: Operation not permitted. Warning: Cannot raise RLIMIT_MEMLOCK 
limits.Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
Version        : 5
Response Format: 2
Capabilities   :
Vendor_info    : 'PHILIPS '
Identification : 'SPD2412T        '
Revision       : 'P1.3'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW.

Drive capabilities, per MMC-3 page 2A:

 Does read CD-R media
 Does write CD-R media
 Does read CD-RW media
 Does write CD-RW media
 Does read DVD-ROM media
 Does read DVD-R media
 Does write DVD-R media
 Does read DVD-RAM media
 Does write DVD-RAM media
 Does support test writing

 Does read Mode 2 Form 1 blocks
 Does read Mode 2 Form 2 blocks
 Does read digital audio blocks
 Does restart non-streamed digital audio reads accurately
 Does support Buffer-Underrun-Free recording
 Does read multi-session CDs
 Does read fixed-packet CD media using Method 2
 Does not read CD bar code
 Does read R-W subcode information
 Does not return R-W subcode de-interleaved and error-corrected
 Does read raw P-W subcode data from lead in
 Does return CD media catalog number
 Does return CD ISRC information
 Does support C2 error pointers
 Does not deliver composite A/V data

 Does play audio CDs
 Number of volume control levels: 256
 Does support individual volume control setting for each channel
 Does support independent mute setting for each channel
 Does not support digital output on port 1
 Does not support digital output on port 2

 Loading mechanism type: tray
 Does support ejection of CD via START/STOP command
 Does not lock media on power up via prevent jumper
 Does allow media to be locked in the drive via PREVENT/ALLOW command
 Is not currently in a media-locked state
 Does not support changing side of disk
 Does not have load-empty-slot-in-changer feature
 Does not support Individual Disk Present feature

 Maximum read  speed:  8468 kB/s (CD  48x, DVD  6x)
 Current read  speed:  8468 kB/s (CD  48x, DVD  6x)
 Maximum write speed:  8468 kB/s (CD  48x, DVD  6x)
 Current write speed:  8468 kB/s (CD  48x, DVD  6x)
 Rotational control selected: CLV/PCAV
 Buffer size in KB: 2048
 Copy management revision supported: 1
 Number of supported write speeds: 1
 Write speed # 0:   706 kB/s CLV/PCAV (CD   4x, DVD  0x)

I have a checked file openSUSE-11.0-DVD-i386.iso and have tried to burn 
a DVD as adviced with K3b, with growisofs and with Nerolinux 3 and all 
produced the same amount of bytes, but no booting capability.
What else can I do than buying the box?

André den Oudsten

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