-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I have an image file that I want to burn to a dvd using a procedure that worked with this machine when it had SuSE 9.3, but not now. K3b complains when I start it with: cdrecord = 2.6.8 <-- in red color Since Linux kernel 2.6.8 cdrecord Solution: Use K3bSetup to solve this problem. Notice that the message doesn't really says what is the problem, and that there has never been a K3bSetup program in SuSE. Anyhow, I'm not interested in k3b at the moment, the problem is somewhere else, read ahead. I try the command line - a command line known to work previously: nimrodel:~ # time growisofs -Z /dev/hdc=/file3 -speed=4 Executing 'builtin_dd if=/file3 of=/dev/hdc obs=32k seek=0' /dev/hdc: "Current Write Speed" is 4.1x1385KBps. 1114112/4699717632 ( 0.0%) @0.0x, remaining 351:26 RBU 100.0% 1114112/4699717632 ( 0.0%) @0.0x, remaining 562:18 RBU 100.0% 1114112/4699717632 ( 0.0%) @0.0x, remaining 773:10 RBU 100.0% ... 4676747264/4699717632 (99.5%) @1.1x, remaining 0:09 RBU 68.5% 4693065728/4699717632 (99.9%) @3.4x, remaining 0:02 RBU 19.8% builtin_dd: 2294784*2KB out @ average 1.7x1385KBps /dev/hdc: flushing cache :-[ SYNCHRONOUS FLUSH CACHE failed with SK=3h/ASC=A0h/ACQ=80h]: Input/output error real 33m12.927s user 0m1.512s sys 0m19.525s I can not mount it (fstab is irrelevant, it is a read error, see later): nimrodel:~ # mount /mnt/dvd.crypta2/ Password: mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop4, missing codepage or other error In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try dmesg | tail or so (the image is encrypted, but that is irrelevant for the problem) And kernel log shows the error: Sep 27 01:41:35 nimrodel kernel: hdc: media error (bad sector): status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } Sep 27 01:41:35 nimrodel kernel: hdc: media error (bad sector): error=0x34 { AbortedCommand LastFailedSense=0x03 } Sep 27 01:41:35 nimrodel kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown Sep 27 01:41:35 nimrodel kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 0 Sep 27 01:41:35 nimrodel kernel: Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block 0 Sep 27 01:41:42 nimrodel kernel: hdc: media error (bad sector): status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } Sep 27 01:41:42 nimrodel kernel: hdc: media error (bad sector): error=0x34 { AbortedCommand LastFailedSense=0x03 } Sep 27 01:41:42 nimrodel kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown Sep 27 01:41:42 nimrodel kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 0 Sep 27 01:41:42 nimrodel kernel: Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block 0 Sep 27 01:41:42 nimrodel kernel: EXT3-fs: unable to read superblock If I try to read back the disk: nimrodel:/biggy # time nice dd if=/dev/hdc of=cdimage dd: reading `/dev/hdc': Input/output error 0+0 records in 0+0 records out 0 bytes (0 B) copied, 13.8115 seconds, 0.0 kB/s real 0m13.905s user 0m0.000s sys 0m0.008s And the kernel log shows: Sep 27 02:48:47 nimrodel kernel: hdc: media error (bad sector): status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } Sep 27 02:48:47 nimrodel kernel: hdc: media error (bad sector): error=0x34 { AbortedCommand LastFailedSense=0x03 } Sep 27 02:48:47 nimrodel kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown Sep 27 02:48:47 nimrodel kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 0 Sep 27 02:48:47 nimrodel kernel: Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block 0 Sep 27 02:48:53 nimrodel kernel: hdc: media error (bad sector): status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } Sep 27 02:48:53 nimrodel kernel: hdc: media error (bad sector): error=0x34 { AbortedCommand LastFailedSense=0x03 } Sep 27 02:48:53 nimrodel kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown Sep 27 02:48:53 nimrodel kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 0 Sep 27 02:48:53 nimrodel kernel: Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block 0 The above was using TDK DVD+R Media, 4.7Gb 1*16 speed, a box I bought today. I have three new tea dishes :-/ I then tried with Emtec DVD-R 8x media, that I had used previously - in fact, the SuSE 10.1 dvd was burnt in one of them using SuSE 9.3. Again, no go: nimrodel:~ # time growisofs -Z /dev/hdc=/biggy/crypta.bck.file3 -speed=4 Executing 'builtin_dd if=/biggy/crypta.bck.file3 of=/dev/hdc obs=32k seek=0' /dev/hdc: "Current Write Speed" is 4.1x1385KBps. 0/4699717632 ( 0.0%) @0x, remaining ??:?? RBU 100.0% 0/4699717632 ( 0.0%) @0x, remaining ??:?? RBU 100.0% 0/4699717632 ( 0.0%) @0x, remaining ??:?? RBU 100.0% 0/4699717632 ( 0.0%) @0x, remaining ??:?? RBU 100.0% 0/4699717632 ( 0.0%) @0x, remaining ??:?? RBU 100.0% :-[ WRITE@LBA=10h failed with SK=3h/ASC=02h/ACQ=00h]: Input/output error :-( write failed: Input/output error /dev/hdc: flushing cache :-[ SYNCHRONOUS FLUSH CACHE failed with SK=3h/ASC=A0h/ACQ=80h]: Input/output error real 1m16.412s user 0m0.004s sys 0m0.128s Again, I got three new tea dishes with a hole in the middle :-/ What on earth is the matter? The only thing different is that now it is SuSE 10.1. :-(( Shall I have to reinstall 9.3 in a partition in order to burn dvds? :-/ - -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFFGc8ptTMYHG2NR9URAo0eAJwL0NUYmXsPmYI8X5Mxu9BfAYSWbACcDJX1 Rer71NrOi65FUvAL9akAqD4= =lXY4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----